Supply Chain

Construction inflation has eased off after rising by 4 per cent earlier in the year, according to Bovis. Despite this, the housebuilder is still working to keep its costs down to offset the recent rise in construction-material prices, it said in its half-year trading update this morning. Rival builder Taylor…

Atkins president Nick Roberts has been lined up to take over from John Carter as CEO of Travis Perkins.

Travis Perkins’ profit plunged by £348.6m in 2018 as the materials suppliers overhauled its business.

Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has urged the government to keep goods flowing into the UK unhindered, or risk work stalling on construction sites.

While it is impossible to look to 2019 without mentioning Brexit, the near-term outlook for construction activity has already been shaped by the uncertainty since the 2016 referendum.