Architects’ confidence falls off a cliff

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-04-17T05:00:00

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Pandemic triggers steepest drop on record

Architects’ confidence in future workloads has plunged by a record amount since the start of the coronavirus crisis began last month.

The RIBA’s Future Trends survey for March dropped by an unprecedented 33 points to -11. This is the steepest fall in confidence since the sentiment survey was launched in January 2009.

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