THE UK construction sector shed staff at the fastest pace for 14 months in October, as housebuilding and commercial property construction activity continued to decline, a survey showed yesterday.
THE UK construction sector shed staff at the fastest pace for 14 months in October, as housebuilding and commercial property construction activity continued to decline, a survey showed yesterday.
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Ian Mcconnell
However, a slowing of the rate of decline in housebuilding and continued growth in civil engineering meant that the survey from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) recorded a return to marginal growth of overall UK construction activity last month.
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