{"id":1824,"date":"2018-10-04T09:53:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2018-10-04T09:53:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:53:58","slug":"short-term-stagnation-reigns-as-brexit-talks-loom-blp-insurance-comments-on-latest-pmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/2018\/10\/short-term-stagnation-reigns-as-brexit-talks-loom-blp-insurance-comments-on-latest-pmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-term stagnation reigns as Brexit talks loom &#8211; BLP Insurance comments on latest PMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Following the release of today\u2019s Construction PMI figures, Phil Harris, Director at BLP Insurance, comments on why, despite moderate growth, the construction industry continues to suffer from short-term thinking:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again in September, the main driver of growth was new orders, as demand within the residential sector continues to hold strong. However, with cliff-hanging Brexit negotiations looming and the commercial, housing and retail markets showing varying degrees of strain, the long-term forecast is unclear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commercial sector has fluctuated throughout the summer months but is subdued at present, especially in the London office market. There are some regional outliers, with the North West in particular providing some optimism through large-scale build to rent (BTR) projects in Liverpool and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobust residential demand continues but the issue is the housing stock being built doesn\u2019t align with this demand. Despite efforts from government and local authorities, more needs to be done to provide truly \u2018affordable housing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effect of Brexit is still impossible to quantify as we head towards potentially crucial talks at the 18-19 October EU Summit. With no favourable outcome on the horizon, perpetual indecision reigns, exacerbating issues such as materials lead times, the current labour and skills shortage, as well as the delays to much needed innovation within the industry. While large developers may be able to \u2018ride-out\u2019 the Brexit storm, the environment is becoming increasingly precarious for smaller stakeholders such as SME builders, who are vital to a healthy construction sector.\u201d<em><br \/>\n<\/em>Email: <a href=\"mailto:BLPInsurance@fourbroadgate.com\">BLPInsurance@fourbroadgate.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of today\u2019s Construction PMI figures, Phil Harris, Director at BLP Insurance, comments on why, despite moderate growth, <\/p>\n<a class=\"btn-sub-green l-blog-post-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/2018\/10\/short-term-stagnation-reigns-as-brexit-talks-loom-blp-insurance-comments-on-latest-pmi\/\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plant-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1826,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1824\/revisions\/1826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionplantworld.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}