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Trade Consultation: Give Your Evidence - UK Trade and Business Commission [Deadline: 17/03/2023]
23/01/2023
The UK Trade and Business Commission is gathering evidence to understand the main challenges facing businesses, organisations and economic sectors to establish which policies and trading arrangements will help overcome the economic and trading barriers facing the UK today.
In a UK first, an economy-wide consultation has been launched to gather evidence on the biggest issues facing all industries in the post-Brexit landscape and as the UK Government negotiates new trade agreements.
New research reveals 212 ‘safety’ regulations set to lapse – to draw line under Brexit.
The delays of construction has spelled the cancellation of this year's panto production of Jack and the Beanstalk.
In this film, senior FT writers and British businesspeople examine how Brexit hit the UK economy, the political conspiracy of silence, and why there has not yet been a convincing case for a 'Brexit dividend'.
No updates on key issues facing the industry following summer of political turmoil, CPA boss says.
The UK construction industry has been one of the major losers from Brexit according to the president of Dundee Institute of Architects.
But Charles Booth, head of construction and projects, said there had been "very large" construction cost increases due to instability and inflation from Brexit, Covid shutdowns and the Ukraine war.
Rising inflation, Brexit and pandemic blamed as school expansion costs rocket by a quarter
19/08/2022
A £1.2M rise in the cost of expanding a special school has been blamed on rising inflation and the impact of Brexit and covid. Rumworth Special School is expanding to be able to accept up to 400 pupils by 2026.
Labour shortages, Brexit and war in Ukraine will lead to rising construction costs, says survey
30/06/2022
Labour shortages, Brexit red tape and the war in Ukraine will lead to further increases in construction costs in the UK, according to a major survey.
Architecture, engineering and building sector wholesale businesses hitting a brick wall thanks to Covid, Brexit, and manual processes impacting profitability
17/06/2022
A new survey commissioned by OGL Group reveals that Covid, Brexit and the continued reliance on manual processes are the greatest factors affecting profitability for architecture, engineering and building sector wholesale businesses in 2022.
THOUSANDS of construction workers are needed in Scotland, according to new figures from the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).
ONS figures show GDP fell by 0.3 per cent in April, with all three main sectors suffering a fall in output for the first time since January 2021.
A RECORD 78 per cent of UK firms attempting to recruit faced difficulties in finding staff in the first quarter, a survey by British Chambers of Commerce shows.
Perceptions about post-Brexit Britain, new visa rules and the pandemic have combined to make it more difficult to recruit EU nationals to some construction roles. What is the industry doing about this?
Keith Cooper examines how access and scaffolding companies are coping with the twin crises of rising material costs and labour shortages.
Kirkcaldy: Covid and Brexit challenges push Adam Smith Theatre renovation £1.7m over budget
11/04/2022
The major Adam Smith Theatre renovation in Kirkcaldy has gone £1.7 million over budget due to Covid-19 and Brexit.
HOUSING developers have been warned to expect higher costs and longer building schedules because of supply chain delays related to Covid and Brexit.
Ministers have met this week with the construction industry to hold talks over controversial post-Brexit safety testing rules that the sector argues could delay the construction of 150,000 new homes next year, E&T can reveal.
The rising cost of building materials and worker shortages in the construction sector as a result of Brexit are to blame for a lack of progress on London’s affordable housing targets, Sadiq Khan has said.
Covid and Brexit have delayed developments across Sheffield, including the flagship Heart of the City 2 project.
The impacts of Brexit, the pandemic and the surging costs of materials are hampering some Nottinghamshire councils in delivering on their housing targets.
Webinar from ACE Emerging Professionals will explore impact of EU exit on construction industry
06/01/2022
On Thursday 20 January 2022 at 12.30pm, ACE’s group for emerging professionals will explore the effects of Brexit on the construction industry, in a special webinar co-hosted by Ellie Eastwood and Harry Coates of legal experts Beale & Co.
150,000 new homes at risk of lacking certification in 2023 as pointless regulatory duplication hits capacity constraints
24/11/2021
The construction industry has warned the government that the exit from the European construction products certification system is causing severe problems across the sector.
Brexit and the pandemic has been blamed for the soaring cost of a new pedestrian bridge in Glasgow.