All EU referendum articles
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CommentTurmeric lattes all round!
Media and tech firms’ desire to provide their young talent with playful and flexible working spaces embedded in a vibrant community is changing how we build
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NewsTrade bodies team up to sound alarm on Brexit immigration plan
Chiefs of nine groups tell Brexit secretary David Davis schemes are at risk if EU workers forced to leave in 2019
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NewsOsborne joins row about EU migrants plan
Former chancellor highlights financial and workforce risks as he again champions the northern powerhouse to rebalance the economy
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FeaturesNorth and South: George Osborne talks to Building
George Osborne talks to Building , reflecting on the ‘northern powerhouse’, infrastructure, Brexit and his hope that the current government will finish the job he started
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CommentSort out skills or face a construction crisis in post-Brexit Britain
With the level of infrastructure demand, it’s essential for government to find a way to retain skilled EU workers and attract sustainable levels of talent in the future
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CommentNo, it's not going to be all right
As the slow-motion suicide that is Brexit unfolds into full horror, we see the pound set to sink below the euro, government encroaching on parliament’s democratic powers, and proposals to inhibit employers from recruiting talent overseas
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CommentThe government isn’t doing enough to prevent a mass exodus of EU workers
Brexit could be a spark for an exodus of EU construction workers and the government doesn’t seem to have a plan
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CommentListening mode
For construction to have a chance of getting the best out of Brexit, it needs to convince the government to listen to it
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FeaturesBrexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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FeaturesHow Brexit got personal
The focus of Brexit so far has been the possible impact on construction’s growing skills shortage. But how is the UK’s vote to leave affecting the EU nationals themselves and what can employers do to ensure that they stay?
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Features‘Projects won’t be delivered’
With the industry dependent on EU workers, major restrictions on immigration as part of a ‘hard Brexit’ could be disastrous
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CommentWhat we can do for Brexit
The best way to bolster the UK’s negotiating position in Brexit is to have a strong and growing economy. The construction industry needs pull together to show the government how it can help that to happen
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FeaturesUnder a cloud
Commercial development in the City has had the shadow of Brexit looming over it for a year now
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CommentHousing: Great shakes
If you look hard enough, something positive has come out of this turbulent world politics and frenzy of electioneering
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NewsSnap election poll: Who gets your vote?
With just 27 days left till polling day, Building is running a reader poll to find out about the industry’s views of the main parties and how it intends to vote
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NewsAecom boss: Brexit is causing worker ‘exodus’
Patrick Flaherty backs investment in off-site manufacturing amid predicted skills shortages
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FeaturesHousing: The forgotten crisis
Already it has been dubbed the ‘Brexit election’, so will this single issue overshadow all others, including how to tackle the housing crisis?
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CommentThe Brexit election: Beating the drum
A large majority would give the Conservative more freedom in the Brexit negotiations but how would they use it? And are they listening to construction’s concerns?
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FeaturesThe Brexit election
Before the parties nail down their manifestos, we take a look at what construction might expect from June’s vote
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CommentSnap election: Construction’s chance
The general election is a chance for the industry to make its case to politicians of all parties