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...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said that although the government was “constantly churning out strategies and road maps highlighting the importance of infrastructure...
...Francis said better maintenance of commercial properties meant there were likely to be fewer issues with Raac in the private sector....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, warned that any changes risked pushing up the price further “due to the additional cost of the design, consultant and project management...
...Contractors play the same game, said Francis. They are so keen to win work on a high value project that they take on so-called winner’s curse contracts where they bid too low, he said....
...However, main building contractors were also affected as they were unable to pass their problems on to others in the supply chain, Francis said....
...However Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said it was “appalling that it had taken five years for anyone to face punishment for something as serious as this”....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said that any delays to construction work would “inevitably raise costs significantly as labour will have to be stood down and...
...Water companies may want to ramp up major improvements quickly but that is likely to be very difficult given that construction is already suffering from severe skills and capacity constraints,” says Noble Francis...
...Noble Francis, economics director of the Construction Products Association, said the combination of rising demand and insolvencies was a “worrying trend”....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, welcomed the targeting of £1bn for those homes most in need of work, but cautioned that the government’s decision to announce the...
...The CPA’s Francis said the change would benefit the construction sector by making it easier and cheaper for specialist contractors to work with self-employed workers....
...“The government may have brought some stability to the markets, but it has come at the cost of huge instability in households’ finances,” said Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition...
...The combination had been “terrible” for smaller businesses, said Noble Francis, economics director of the Construction Products Association, who is concerned that companies are about to face a further surge...
...Simon Francis, co-ordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, said the “excesses on show” at some UK energy companies were “obscene in the current climate”....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, a trade body, said these sectors were more prone to failures because large contractors, such as Interserve and Mitie, chiefly win...
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, welcomed news of the new bank: “It has the potential to be a great success in drawing in additional private finance to help fund...
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said the impact was consistent with the increase in energy costs over the past six months, which have been made worse by the volatility...
...Noble Francis, economics director of the CPA, which represents more than 24,000 manufacturers, said that rising gas prices were affecting energy-intensive heavy construction products such as bricks, cement...
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said the problems were likely to accelerate for some small specialist subcontractors that had been “hit with the full force of...
...Additional reporting by Shotaro Tani and Gill Plimmer in London...
...“Once again we have a blizzard of figures, reannouncements and reallocations of existing money but most of the increases in capital expenditure will be going on the biggest high-profile projects,” Francis...
...announcements aimed at improving housing, with more expected ahead of the UN COP26 climate change conference, there are “serious key questions over who will do the work and who will pay for it”, said Noble Francis...
...Noble Francis, economics director at trade body the Construction Products Association, agreed there would be a “long-term supercycle” for construction in important markets....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the Construction Products Association, said it was a “perfect storm for the construction industry”....
...Noble Francis, economics director at the CPA, said the price rises and shortages were “already hitting contractors”....
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