and plans for new show in Farnborough in January 2019 The Homebuilding & Renovating Show has experienced a 16.27 per cent growth in visitor numbers in the past five years. This increase reflects the continuing rise in live projects, with 82 per cent of the active audience that recently attended The National Homebuilding & Renovating…
Construction marketing and research specialist, Competitive Advantage, has announced the next target sector for its programme of Omnibus Surveys, providing the industry's suppliers, manufacturers and service providers with the opportunity to ..... ..... ask one or more questions of their target decision makers. The benefits: • Omnibus surveys are a quick, low-cost solution to inform you about construction…
UK Offsite Manufacture: the Challenges and Opportunities for Construction Markets – Updated Research
Construction marketing and research specialist, Competitive Advantage, have updated its market report on offsite manufacture. The report ..... ..... first published last year, provides a comprehensive review of the sector, identifying market influences, market size, sector trends and lists the key members of the decision making unit. It aims to help inform business strategy for construction manufacturers seeking…
More than half of small building firms say that rising material prices are squeezing their margins and the same percentage have had to pass these price increases onto consumers, according to the latest research by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Small and medium-sized (SME) building firms were asked which materials are in shortest supply…
The value of new construction contracts in June reached £4.4 billion, a decrease of three per cent compared to May and the lowest performing month across construction for more than five years. Housebuilding, the industry’s biggest sector, fell to its lowest point in 2018 with £1.7 billion in contracts awarded and also declined for the…
The value of new construction contracts in May reached £4.5 billion, a decrease of almost ten per cent compared to April and the lowest amount for over five years. The two largest sectors in construction; residential and infrastructure, both saw a decline as the industry continues its slump this year so far. The latest edition of…
The value of new construction contracts in April reached £4.9 billion, a decrease of 6.8 per cent compared to March. The decline coincides with a housebuilding slump that saw a drop of 15.3% compared to the previous month and a wavering infrastructure sector that has performed poorly so far in 2018. The latest edition of the…
The value of new construction contracts in March reached £5.3 billion, a monthly increase of 8.7 per cent. However the overall positivity cannot be shared across all sectors of construction, as infrastructure figures reached their lowest point in March since Barbour ABI began tracking the series. The latest edition of the Economic & Construction Market Review…
Platform Events is holding a two-day meet-the-buyer forum for construction industry suppliers targeting the architecture and design sectors. To be held at the Intercontinental Hotel, The O2, London, on 30th April & 1st May 2018, the event will bring construction product suppliers together with key specifiers from many leading firms, including ...... …
With exactly one year until Brexit, construction employers in the UK are praising the quality of their EU workers and encouraging them to stay, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). The key findings from the FMB’s research on how the bosses of small and medium-sized (SME) construction firms view their EU workers include: • 94%…
