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FMB warns “financial struggles projected by almost half of construction firms”

|Date: 07 May 2024

FMB warns “financial struggles projected by almost half of construction firms”

According to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (Q1 2024), 44% of Ma ...

According to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (Q1 2024), 44% of Master Builder companies have reported that their business is on track to make a loss or fall bel ...

07 May 2024
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FMB Q4 2023 State of Trade Survey shows “construction enquiries fall by half”

|Date: 22 Feb 2024

FMB Q4 2023 State of Trade Survey shows “construction enquiries fall by half”

Nearly half (47%) of all Master Builder companies reported a fall in enquiries for new work at the end of ...

Nearly half (47%) of all Master Builder companies reported a fall in enquiries for new work at the end of last year leading to a 15% fall in workloads, according to the latest State of Trade Survey fr ...

22 Feb 2024
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S&P Global UK Construction PMI for December 2023

|Date: 05 Jan 2024

S&P Global UK Construction PMI for December 2023

As presented in the latest S&P Global UK Construction PMI report, December data indicated “another solid ...

As presented in the latest S&P Global UK Construction PMI report, December data indicated “another solid fall in UK construction activity.” However, the rate of the fall eased to the slowest since the ...

05 Jan 2024
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S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction PMI for November 2023

|Date: 07 Dec 2023

S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction PMI for November 2023

Covering November 2023, the latest S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction PMI report revealed that “UK constru ...

Covering November 2023, the latest S&P Global / CIPS UK Construction PMI report revealed that “UK construction companies indicated a decline in activity for the third consecutive month, led by another ...

07 Dec 2023
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New building materials ‘procurement club’ partners with merchants to support SME contractors

|Date: 28 Nov 2023

New building materials ‘procurement club’ partners with merchants to support SME contractors

Inprova Commercial Procurement (ICP) has been launched to help regional contractors and construction firm ...

Inprova Commercial Procurement (ICP) has been launched to help regional contractors and construction firms save money across their materials spend with merchants and wholesalers. ...

28 Nov 2023
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FMB reports a “Boost in workload for builders”

|Date: 03 Aug 2023

FMB reports a “Boost in workload for builders”

The latest State of Trade Survey from the FMB provides some welcome positivity for the sector, with a “co ...

The latest State of Trade Survey from the FMB provides some welcome positivity for the sector, with a “continued upward trend” in RMI building work in Q2 of this year. ...

03 Aug 2023
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FMB warns of falling profits for builders “as the economy falters”

|Date: 04 Aug 2022

FMB warns of falling profits for builders “as the economy falters”

The Federation of Master Builders has released the findings of its latest State of Trade survey of SME bu ...

The Federation of Master Builders has released the findings of its latest State of Trade survey of SME builders for Q2 2022. ...

04 Aug 2022
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