Workloads for SMEs flagging, FMB warns

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Number of builders reporting less work increased in Q4 last year, survey finds

The number of construction SMEs reporting that their workloads had shrunk increased in the final two months of last year, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB).

Over a quarter (27%) of respondents to the FMB’s latest State of Trade survey said that workloads were flagging in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 21% in the previous quarter.

 

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