Turner & Townsend tells clients to start stockpiling ahead of Brexit

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Consultant also warns of supply chain insolvencies in the event of hard Brexit

Turner & Townsend has told construction clients to “brace themselves” for Brexit and start stockpiling materials.

Paul Connolly, UK managing director for cost management at the firm, said clients should make the most of the “eleventh-hour reprieve” provided by the mini-delay to Brexit – which under statute will now take place on 12 April, unless another extension is agreed by the UK and the EU.

 

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