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Output to sink by 2% this year as inflation continues drag on housing work, CPA warns
Newbuild housing and RMI sectors to both slump by 4% this year before recovering in 2025, according to new forecast
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Attacks on Red Sea shipping becoming ‘significant issue’ for construction products, CPA warns
Container prices have quadrupled in past month as ships are diverted around coast of Africa
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CPA forecasts fall in output this year and next
Predicted contraction slightly smaller than previously estimated
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Product industry entering a ‘brave new world’ due to new liabilities, CPA chief says
Peter Caplehorn told ǿմý the Future panel that industry must push towards digitalisation to back up future claims
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Construction output to fall 4.7% this year, says CPA
Predicted drop in new build housing only partially offset by infrastructure growth
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UKCA mark plans need to be in place a year before deadline, CPA warns
Full rollout of new certification system was delayed by two and a half years in December but many key issues left unresolved
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Two and a half year respite for construction products as government finally provides CE mark clarity
Housing department finally buckles under pressure to delay new certification rules
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Autumn statement: Infrastructure and net zero must not be sacrificed, says industry
Major cuts expected in fiscal event
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Construction firms sweat on Shapps’ CE mark decision with rival department to have final say on move
Business secretary said yesterday existing mark will stay in place until 2025 but approval for industry rests with DLUHC
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Weeks after saying it wouldn’t budge, government tells firms they can use CE mark for another two years
Replacement scheme won’t come into force until 2025, three years after it was supposed to be up and running
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CPA sets out sharp downwards revision of construction output forecast
Private housing output to drop 9%
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Little progress made on post-Brexit certification system, products chief warns
No updates on key issues facing the industry following summer of political turmoil, CPA boss says
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Industry asked to review proposals for products competence standard
Regulators will ‘no longer tolerate an industry that does not evidence its competence’, Constuction Products Association warns
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Bank of England’s ‘shock’ recession warning could spook investors
Some construction sectors could fare much worse than others, say analysts
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Materials manufacturers report booming sales as inflation reaches 25%
Survey finds nearly half of products firms seeing higher sales than last year
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Slowdown starting to hit as cost pressures ratchet up
CPA spring forecast see growth pared back
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Products firms ‘sticking to their guns’ on refusal to pay for cladding costs, CPA says
Boss says “all manufacturers stand behind their products” as row shows no sign of being resolved
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Contractors and architects should pay up for cladding costs too, products chief says
All parts of the construction industry bear responsibility for crisis, CPA boss says following breakdown of government talks
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‘Too many unknowns’ to pay up, products group tells Gove
Industry body queries firms’ ‘connectivity’ to at-risk buildings in wake of housing secretary’s anger at sector’s response to cladding pledge
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Testing sector in limbo as government fails to clarify new certification rules
BBA chief ‘very concerned’ by approaching deadline for UK-only testing regime