Government must extend £25,000 coronavirus grants, FMB warns

By Jordan Marshall2020-03-24T12:15:00

Concerns grow for SMEs as construction sites start to shut

The government must extend its small business grants to construction and provide clear rules for site operations, or risk mass insolvencies amid the covid-19 crisis, the boss of the Federation of Master Builders has warned.

Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, said the organisation's members wanted to do the right thing, but that the advice coming from government was unclear.

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