Civils contractors today said that a fall in construction output in Q1 was to be expected in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, but that investment in infrastructure offers the quickest route to recovery for the UK economy. According to the Office for National Statistics construction output fell by 2.6 per cent in Q1 2020,
The UK Government today offered its support to the construction industry, by outlining its expectations from businesses as they manage and enforce B2B contracts during the COVID-19 emergency. There is a real concern that the construction industry will become embroiled in costly and long-running disputes over the effects of the pandemic on projects if it
Civils contractors have welcomed the news that development consent has been given for the development of a new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange near Junction 12 of the M6 motorway in South Staffordshire. The scheme is the 84th nationally significant infrastructure project to have been examined and decided within the timescales laid down in the Planning
Watch a recording of a CECA members’ webinar led by our Chief Executive Alasdair Reisner, on the ongoing work CECA is engaged in to ensure the UK infrastructure sector plays a leading role in returning the economy to growth.
Government-backed loans to construction businesses must be streamlined to avoid firms facing a liquidity crunch in the coming weeks. That is the headline finding of research by the Construction Leadership Council’s Covid-19 Taskforce on financial support to the sector. Companies of all sizes and types took part in interviews and surveys for the research. Just
Please find below today’s CECA Briefing on Covid-19.
Please find below today’s CECA Briefing on Covid-19.
Companies from across the UK construction sector are being asked to showcase how they have played their part in the fight against Covid-19. Since the initial outbreak of coronavirus in March 2020, businesses from across the industry have been playing their part in fighting the disease, providing vital resource to those on the frontline, and
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Finance Bill Sub-Committee has that IR35 – the Government’s framework to tackle tax avoidance by those in ‘disguised employment’ – has not worked properly throughout its 20-year history. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic the Government decided to defer by a year its plans to extend the off-payroll rules
Please find below today’s CECA Briefing on Covid-19.
