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| UK Construction - Seeing the opportunity | Recent News | ||
18th May 2010 HobsonFord have today released a briefing paper on the UK construction market, titled: UK Construction 2010 and Beyond, Seeing the Opportunity. For a copy of this briefing paper click here. “If you owe the bank £1,000, then you have a problem, but if you owe the bank a million pounds, then the bank has a problem,” so the saying goes. But what happens if you owe the bank a trillion pounds, or £1.4 trillion to be precise? That will be the size of UK national debt by 2015. The answer: the nation has a problem – we will all have to deal with the cost of the financial bail-out. Think of it like paying for a war, because the cost is on a similar scale. So what does this mean for UK construction? The
public sector cuts will fall heavily on construction. How will this affect the economy and what will be the impact on construction? Residential
construction is a long-term investment opportunity. Will we see significant increases in housebuilding and will this be sustained? Expect
volatile markets Will private investment be sufficient to drive growth in construction? |
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