April data indicated by far the fastest decline in UK construction output since the survey began 23 years ago. The vast majority of survey respondents (86%) reported a reduction in business activity since March, reflecting widespread site closures and shutdowns across the supply chain in response to the public health[ More….]
The UK construction industry saw output drop in March to its lowest level since April 2009, according to the latest IHS Markit / CIPS construction PMI® The March report recorded the fastest downturn in UK construction output for almost eleven years as emergency public health measures to halt the spread[ More….]
Government warned cost of shutting sites will be thousands of lay-offs. More contractors have been spelling out the measures they have been introducing to make sure their sites continue to remain up and running. Yesterday, construction leaders wrote to the prime minister and chancellor urging them to do everything they[ More….]
Urgent work to make buildings safer can be undertaken now that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a £1bn building safety fund, says Helen Hewitt, CEO of the British Woodworking Federation. “We welcome the government’s commitment to a £1bn building safety fund which will allow urgent work to be[ More….]
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