How to avoid a Brexit balls-up

By Mark Reynolds2019-02-27T06:00:00

With the EU exit deadline approaching fast, Mark Reynolds and the CITB this week released a plan to make sure we can keep calm and carry on

Keeping pace with the long-running saga of Brexit hasn’t been easy. Since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, the news has been dominated by Brexit-related twists and turns on a seemingly daily basis.

The prime minister has been working hard to reach a deal at home and in Brussels only to be voted down. The path to Brexit has seemed unclear across the political divide.

Like all industry, the construction sector, which makes up 7% of UK GDP, is sensitive to political and economic uncertainty. And since 2016, uncertainty has been the dominant theme. Although construction has weathered Brexit-related doubt to a certain extent (growth has been just below the UK average, the demand for jobs has risen), there have been inevitable repercussions.

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