Industry more crash-proof, say experts

By Hamish Champ2018-06-01T06:00:00

Predictions suggest fall-out from recession won’t be as bad as a decade ago

The UK construction sector is unlikely to suffer the same level of fall-out from a global economic collapse as that which followed the 2008 financial crash, senior industry figures believe.

The domestic construction industry saw output fall off a cliff in the wake of the financial crash a decade ago, triggered by the demise of a number of financial institutions, including US bank Lehman Brothers.

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