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Cabinet Office eyes more post-Brexit procurement changes
18 Jan 2021
The Cabinet Office has issued advice to firms about changes in procurement…
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Construction ‘should welcome’ Brexit trade deal as focus turns to COVID
04 Jan 2021
Construction industry analysts have cautiously welcomed the Brexit trade agreement sealed by…
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Builders face ‘rising costs as materials shortages bite’
17 Dec 2020
Nine in ten builders face rising costs, a survey of Federation of…
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Timber supplies under pressure ‘well into 2021’
11 Dec 2020
Timber supplies will be under pressure for months to come, a trade…
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Construction recovery slowed in October
10 Dec 2020
The recovery in construction output continued in October, but was slower than…
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Building supplies hit by container-port congestion
07 Dec 2020
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) has warned the government that congestion at…
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Clients fear for contractors’ survival
24 Nov 2020
Public and private sector clients fear suppliers could struggle to survive the…
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Severfield boss hails ‘surprisingly good’ results
24 Nov 2020
Severfield’s chief executive has called his company’s half-year results “surprisingly good”. The…
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London’s EU-born construction workforce halves
24 Nov 2020
The number of EU-born construction workers in London has halved in two…
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Post-Brexit: minister pledges ‘race to the top’ on product quality
19 Nov 2020
The UK will not fall behind the EU on standards around building…
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Scotland-Northern Ireland link ‘more likely to be a tunnel’
06 Nov 2020
A proposed new connection between Northern Ireland and Scotland is more likely…
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No-deal Brexit ‘will bring large-scale price hikes’
28 Oct 2020
Trade bodies representing the providers of construction materials and equipment have warned…
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Skills shortage: Home Office rejects call to help bring in bricklayers
23 Oct 2020
The Home Office has decided not to adopt a recommendation from its…
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Mace deputy chairman to chair overseas work group
19 Oct 2020
Mace deputy chairman Mark Holmes has been named new industry co-chair of…
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Materials body reveals predicted hit to recovery under no-deal Brexit
25 Sep 2020
Figures published by the Builders Merchant Federation (BMF) have revealed the extent…
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New port could deliver materials to central London sites by boat
25 Sep 2020
The new Port of Tilbury could be used to move offsite components…
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Construction left out of Brexit trade advisory groups
27 Aug 2020
The construction sector has been left out of a roster of new…
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Royal Bam confirms £121m first-half loss and warns of Brexit slowdown
20 Aug 2020
Royal Bam, the Dutch parent company of Bam Construct and Bam Nuttall,…
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Industry leaders mull Brexit implications as clock ticks on deal
18 Aug 2020
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has set up a group that will…
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Materials update: plaster supplies may be tight until September
11 Aug 2020
Plaster and some other key building materials continue to be affected by…