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Bank lending to construction firms shrank by 9.3 per cent in the past three months, with a 1.3 per cent contraction last month.  more info

Employment prospects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the construction sector are continuing to deteriorate, according to figures from the UK's largest construction trade association.  more info

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Employment prospects for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the construction sector are continuing to deteriorate, according to the latest State of Trade Survey from the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).  more info

The new smartphone app from Trustmark lets you record your conversations with traders and takes you through a checklist of questions to ask when getting tradespeople to quote for work.  more info

More than one in six companies would not be able to pay off their immediate debts if required to do so by their creditors, according to new research.  more info

The construction sector has shrunk by 5.2 per cent in the last quarter, compared to a retraction of 4.  more info

Further moves to simplify the planning system and make it more accessible to people in communities were set out by Planning Minister Greg Clark.  more info

Construction union UCATT has described the latest construction fatality figures announced as "not good news in any way".  more info

According to a new study based on a poll of members of the Institute of Directors (IoD), 57% said that their companies have been forced to think more creatively, and adopt bolder strategies, as a result of financial pressures borne of the current economic climate.  more info