Contractors fret over Brexit price hikes, RLB survey reveals

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Worries most prevalent in London and the South-east

Brexit’s impact on the cost and availability of materials is the biggest concern for contractors looking at the next 12 months, an RLB survey has revealed.

Supply chain capacity and material costs and availability were both significant worries to the survey’s respondents, with nearly 45% of contractors saying that their Brexit planning had affected their preferred supply chain.

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