2020 / 2021 Edition
Construction
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Budget 2020: More than £600 billion to be spent on infrastructure over next five years
Latest IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI survey indicates fastest rise in output since December 2018
Modest improvements in construction demand for mineral products expected to be short-lived without infrastructure
Regional analysis reveals developers’ diminishing appetite for house building is spreading across the country
One hundred and ten thousand cubic metres of specialist concrete supplied for UK’s tallest building outside London
UK construction product manufacturers expecting further growth in opening quarter of 2019
Company appointed to deliver phase one of major new cross-city walking and cycling routes in Cambridge
Motorway’s main contractor speaks to former colleague who worked on the Preston Bypass in the 1950s
Brexit uncertainty and infrastructure delays lead to downward revision in construction growth forecasts
Government makes the link between construction and the need for mineral extraction
Company steps up production at Claughton and Accrington in line with housing market growth
Leading Edge consultancy says growth to be driven by public housing, private housing and infrastructure
Mineral Products Association presses government over missing link in proposed new housing policy
Mineral Products Association concerned about the lack of a strategic approach to the supply chain
Association says years of policy discussions and initiatives have failed to benefit the rest of Britain