Market Focus

House builders are set to benefit by £200m a year from the government’s commitment this week to spend £48bn to keep rail services running between 2019-2024, new research reveals. The government announced on Thursday that between 2019 and 2024 £48bn will be spent on Britain’s railway. It means businesses in construction will continue to benefit from the [read more…]

More than 80 per cent of construction workers believe Brexit will damage the UK’s industry and prevent high-profile government infrastructure projects from being delivered, a new study suggests. Researchers at Birmingham City University have been [read more…]

Migration Watch UK is wrong to suggest that there is no need for EU workers, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Commenting on the Migration Watch UK paper published today (Thursday 5 October), [read more…]

With Chancellor Philip Hammond expected to unveil an update on his party’s Northern Powerhouse strategy at this week’s Conservative Party Conference, new research reveals that business leaders from across the North of England want the [read more…]

Technology is evolving around us and has significantly changed the way we go about our day to day lives – from communicating with friends and family, to our daily work commitments, we now live in [read more…]

Construction professionals are changing the way they purchase materials, with a new survey revealing that over 94% now purchase building materials online. Buying online is almost twice as popular as the traditional alternative, with 44% [read more…]

An emerging enclave of fast-developing city regions outside of London is good news for the construction industry according to the Managing Director of a pre-cast concrete company. Eamonn O’Donnell, who is the MD of SCC [read more…]

KPMG has advised UK house builders to diversify their debt, as they could face the possibility of shutting off vital access to finance. The consultancy delivered this warning, as more than 80 per cent of [read more…]