Economics
U.K. Construction Industry Hit by Skills and Supply Shortages
- Builders are struggling to keep up with a surge in demand
- Material and labor shortages both are holding back projects
This article is for subscribers only.
Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.
Britain’s construction industry is struggling to keep up a surge in demand for new building work, complaining that a shortage of skilled workers and supplies is holding up projects.