HGV-driver shortage now top concern for suppliers and merchants
The national shortfall in haulage capacity has become the biggest concern for suppliers of construction materials and builders’ merchants, according to data collected by the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF). The trade body said a snap survey of its members found 67...
Flexi-working trials for construction tradespeople a ‘success’.
Four recent pilot projects, including Skanska’s HS2 site and jobs being delivering by Bam and Willmott Dixon, have found that flexible-working practices for tradespeople can work. The projects, including HS2, tested a range of different flexible-working options for...
Record new orders and growth during May prompts further supply concerns
Good news as new orders increased at the fastest rate ever recorded in the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) covering May. The IHS Markit/CIPS reading for the month found new order volumes increased by their fastest pace since the survey began in 1997. Overall activity...
Impact of Brexit on UK supply chain threatening small and medium trade businesses.
Since the reopening of the construction sector in the summer of 2020, confidence has been sky high, with growth in March 2021 the highest on record since 2014. According to figures from IHS Markit/CIPS, the growth of output had grown in line...
Product shortages set to get worse for Construction Industry
The Construction Leadership Council has issued a warning to the industry that shortages of building products and materials are set to get worse before they get better. The construction industry is warned to expect more shortages, longer lead times and higher prices....