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Issue 113, 18 October 2019                                                                          View this email in your browser

BREXIT digest


A round up of the latest news, views and opinion pieces about Brexit and its relationship to built environment professions
#ConstructionisOpen Pledge: sign to help EU27 nationals feel Welcome. Dr Dorte Rich Jørgensen: Unprecedented Situations Call for Unprecedented and Proactive Actions [Read More]
Monthly construction output falls £123m in six months. Overall construction output increased by 0.2% in in August 2019, but the value of new work fell by 0.2% compared to July [Read More]
Brexit uncertainty has triggered the first decline in Irish construction activity in over six years, according to Ulster Bank [Read More]
Brexit, slower private sector housing demand and worries over HS2 etc. have seen the CPA downgrade its growth forecasts for next year and 2021 [Read More]
Construction employers want greater simplicity and a breathing space on planned visa restrictions following the UK’s departure from the EU, according to a new report from the CITB [Read More] 
Brexit begins to blow the tiles off UK building industry’s roof. Materials supplier SIG shows impact of political and economic uncertainty. Brokers cut their 2019 forecasts by between £10m and £15m, to nearer £70m [Read More]
Sadiq Khan admits City Hall will be ‘powerless’ to help construction in no-deal Brexit and says all bets are off if UK exits EU without sealing an agreement with Brussels [Read More]
According to Randstad, the number of new construction jobs halved this summer due to ‘parliamentary chaos and indecision’ caused by Brexit uncertainty [Read More]
MHCLG: How Brexit will impact on construction product regulations. The Government has taken steps to make the transition as smooth as possible [Read More]
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