‘Construction seems to have fallen down the food chain’ – Scape’s Mark Robinson on what the government must change

By Daniel Gayne2024-04-29T09:56:00

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As the public sector-owned procurement specialist launches its Charter for Change, its chief executive tells Daniel Gayne how the next government can do more to promote the construction sector

“I think there are gaps,” he says. It is fair to say that Mark Robinson’s gentle assessment of the government’s performance with regard to the construction industry belies his true frustration.

While the chief executive of Scape concedes that the Conservative Party has “had a lot to deal with in the last five years”, he nonetheless seems unimpressed with the government’s failure to support one of the UK’s biggest industries.

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