01 / Introduction

Whether readers think Brexit is a good idea or not, they can hardly deny that construction businesses are likely to be disrupted as a result of the UK leaving the EU. Whether this happens in the aftermath of a no-deal exit or over an extended transition period, there will be big changes to the way in which the industry accesses some of its labour and materials. We can also potentially expect longer-term consequences for the range of products available in the UK, if our standards start to diverge from those adopted in Europe.

Whereas the UK’s highly capitalised car manufacturing sector has spent more than £330m on Brexit preparations, the evidence is that construction firms have been able to do very little to prepare other than in formulating project-level contingency plans.  

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