All Building articles in Blogs – Page 3
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The good, the bad and the ugly to be found in the latest construction data
The latest figures are interesting but do little to shift the reality of a pretty grim picture for construction
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Latest new orders figures cast a long dark shadow over construction
With new orders at this level the industry could be heading for a sharp drop in output
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Collapsing construction workloads push plant hire prices down to nine-year low
Worsening construction activity and a darkening outlook appear to have pressured many hire firms into once again accepting lower prices
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How UK construction consultants are selling themselves abroad
UK firms are picking up increasing amounts of work abroad
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North-east aches while London sees growth in construction jobs
Chart illustrates varied pattern of construction work throughout the UK
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Why job shedding in the UK construction industry may be about to accelerate
It is possible that we have not yet seen in the figures an employment response to the drop in output
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The extra magic money brings when you get your bank to print it and use it to buy your debt
Mr Osborne has an extra £30 billion or so in his coffers
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UK construction bosses need to make government face the facts: The industry is in freefall
It is time for the construction industry to stop listening to the government and tell it some home truths
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More families share homes as squeeze on housing tightens
Data indicates further stress caused by a lack of housing
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The bad news keeps rolling in for construction
There is growing evidence that the second dip into recesssion will be worse than expected
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What is the optimism in the latest RICS construction survey telling us?
The improvement in workload may be coming from overseas rather than the UK market
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The real home truth is that the government can and should do more to boost house building
If the state wants more homes it will have to build those homes itself
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Some lessons to learn from the downward revisions to construction forecasts
We should not be surprised by the downward revisions - of more interest is the impact of public sector cuts on private sector activity
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Beware estate agents selling optimism – the housing market remains in a worrisome state
While the RICS may see a brighter end to the year, in relative terms it is still extremely gloomy
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Why Ed Balls calling to spend 4G windfall on homes could be worth far more than £3bn
The real value in Balls’ statement is that he has potentially set in train a bidding war
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ONS correction to new orders data adds more black eyeliner to a Gothic horror show
A statistical error shows that in fact contractors are winning work at the slowest rate since the 1980s
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Bank of England agents give construction a gloomy assessment
In the sober judgement of banks, construction is getting worse faster
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Rather than provide growth, private sector new construction has gone into reverse
Private new work in commercial, housing and industrial combined has declined steadily since the start of the year
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Is the UK rapidly building up a future construction skills gap? Probably
Figures indicating how much the pool of labour has shrunk are disturbing