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Construction Industry Facing Two More Years of Decline, as Private Sector Recovery Peters Out
26/07/2012
Construction output is forecast to fall by almost 6% over the next two years, before a return to growth in 2014, according to the latest Construction Industry Forecasts published today by the Const...
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Cable admits construction now weak link in economy
26/07/2012
Business secretary Vince Cable defended the Government’s economic policies this morning but admitted construction was now the weak link in the economy.
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today pr...
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Sharp fall in construction GDP drags down UK economy
25/07/2012
Construction fell by 5.2% in the second quarter of the year, according to new provisional Government GDP figures.
The sharp contraction in construction dragged the UK deeper into recession, prom...
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Construction forecasters now gloomier about 2013
23/07/2012
Economists at the Construction Products Association are downgrading their previous forecasts blaming the failure of a private sector-led recovery.
Around £10bn will be lost from constructi...
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Housing misses out in new £50bn UK Guarantee scheme
18/07/2012
The housing industry has reacted with disappointment to being omitted from the Treasury’s latest £50bn project stimulus package.
Chancellor George Osborne has launched a raft of fres...
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