FMB: workloads for SME construction firms slip for first time since 2013

Bricklayers

Of the trades, bricklayers were in shortest supply, latest survey reveals

Workloads for SME construction firms have dipped for the first time in six years, according to new research from the Federation of Master Builders.

The FMB’s State of Trade Survey for the first three months of 2019 has revealed that SME workloads declined for the first time in six years, with 29% of respondents reporting lower workloads than in the last quarter of 2018.

This is up from 13% in the final three months of last year.

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