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Plan B

B is for Building.
The only way to create
2½ million real jobs.

Every £1 invested in
construction generates
£2.84 in economic
activity. 92p of every £1
spent on construction is
retained in the UK

Because there is always
another way...

Download your copy of the plan and make contact with your MPs and MEPs.
We need your help in forwarding this plan to your MPs and councillors in a combined effort to keep our industry at the front of our political leaders' minds as they seek the best way to regenerate our economy.

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Plan B

Create two and a half million real jobs

Every £1 invested in construction generates £2.84 in economic activity. 92p of every £1 spent on construction is retained in the UK


Join our campaign

Get Britain Building is the UK's biggest ever coalition of companies and organisations associated with the built environment.

As a direct result of the current economic downturn, our industry is under major threat with factories closing, skilled workers leaving the industry and companies going out of business.

We are forecasting a massive 450,000 job losses by the end of this year for our sector, which is a national disgrace that the media and Government pay scant regard to. If this situation is not addressed we will lose the capacity and skills we need to meet the needs of our community in the future.

We call upon our Government to put building at the very heart of the recovery agenda!

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Mortgage scheme offers buyers help up the property ladder
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Get Britain Building

A £420m fund to Get Britain Building was announced on 21 November 2011 by the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister as part of the Government’s Housing Strategy for England.

Get Britain Building is intended to unlock stalled sites with planning permission to support construction activity and provide new homes.  It is intended to address difficulties in accessing development finance faced by some housebuilders and to help bring forward marginal sites by sharing risk.

For more information visit www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/get-britain-building