Government fine-tuning plans to accelerate public sector work awards

By Tom Lowe2020-06-15T05:00:00

BEIS drawing up proposals to hand out jobs sooner than planned

Public sector projects look set to be speeded up to help the industry ride out the fallout from covid-19 under an initiative being drawn up by the government.

Contract awards could be handed out sooner than planned in efforts to kickstart a sector which saw output nosedive 40% in April, according to Fergus Harradence, deputy construction director at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy.

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