Has 2024 been another lost year?

By Chloë McCulloch2024-12-12T11:00:00

Our new government has squandered a promising start, it needs to work harder to harness the full potential of the construction sector

How to sum up 2024? “Strange” is how one construction boss described it to me, and by that he meant that it has been a white-knuckle ride of navigating political upheaval, economic uncertainty and contractor insolvencies.

We all knew it would be a tricky 12 months – the phrase “survive till 25” was ringing in everyone’s ears this time last year. And yet hopes picked up in the first half at the news of an early election. A sure change in political leadership was welcomed by most of the business community, heartened by Labour’s “listen and learn” round of chin-wags to find out how to drive growth.

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