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Read MoreThursday, December 5, 2019
Ending on a High In the final full month of the calendar year, the UK construction industry has once again maintained its momentum to close out 2019 on a positive note to provide some optimism for the New Year ahead. Builders’ Conference CEO Neil Edwards looks at the facts. Shortened by public holidays and impacted by festive parties and extended breaks, December is always a month in which...
Read MoreThursday, November 28, 2019
BESA recently launched our 2019 General Election Manifesto and wrote to the four largest political parties with our policy proposals for: Fairness and support for SMEs Greener buildings Industry Competence and Compliance A Skilled Workforce for the Future Both the Conservative and Labour parties have responded to say that their policy teams considered the BESA proposals as part of their...
Read MoreThursday, November 7, 2019
In a month in which all political, economic and seasonal indicators pointed towards a downturn, the UK construction industry chose to self-identify as upward and upbeat. Builders’ Conference CEO Neil Edwards looks on disbelievingly. In March this year, the month in which the UK was originally scheduled to bid a not-so-fond adieu to the European Union, construction contract awards rose to...
Read MoreFriday, October 25, 2019
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued three firms with fines totalling more than £36 million for breaking competition law in supplying certain concrete drainage products for building projects. These companies took part in an illegal cartel covering the UK, where they secretly shared out the market for important building products and agreed to keep prices artificially...
Read MoreFriday, October 18, 2019
BESA was pleased to represent members for another year at the two main political party conferences in Brighton and Manchester. The political landscape has radically altered and the fortunes of both parties appear to have reversed since 2018. We saw high drama and big pledges as the Government and Opposition prepared for the final showdown over Brexit and drew up the battle lines for an imminent...
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