{"id":513065,"date":"2025-03-24T10:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=513065"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:26:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:26:43","slug":"data-dig-margin-woes-activity-growth-and-vc-tech-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/sections\/long-reads\/features\/data-dig-margin-woes-activity-growth-and-vc-tech-winners-24-03-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Data dig: margin woes, activity growth and VC tech winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MARGIN WOES<\/h3>\n

Forty per cent of Northern Irish contractors reported worsening profit margins in 2024, in the latest Construction Employers Federation (CEF) Survey.<\/p>\n

CEF chief executive Mark Spence said: \u201cOur Construction Survey\u2019s results reflect a period of increased challenge during the second half of 2024. Chiefly this was seen through a year-on-year drop in turnover and profit margins at a level that has not been seen since the first half of 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

POSITIVE TREND<\/h3>\n

Infrastructure and residential activity is expected to drive growth in UK construction activity up to 2027, research from management consultancy Bain & Co has found.<\/p>\n

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LOYALTY BONUS<\/h3>\n

Focusing on repeat business could unlock almost \u00a3120,000 in revenue for SME suppliers to the construction sector, according to research from Oxford Brookes University and software firm ProspectSoft.<\/p>\n

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VC WINNERS<\/h3>\n

The UK is second in the world for attracting venture capital (VC) for construction technology firms \u2013 but attracts about 10 times less than the US. Sweden, Germany and France round off the top five, a survey from VC investment firm Noa has shown.<\/p>\n

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75%<\/h3>\n

The reduction in carbon emissions delivered by Tarmac and National Highways in a recent trial of new road surfacing technology on the A64.<\/p>\n

237<\/h3>\n

The latest number of schools with the confirmed presence of RAAC.<\/p>\n

\u00a32.5bn<\/h3>\n

The value of the Crescent Innovation plan for the University of Salford, to include a new acoustics building from Morgan Sindall.<\/p>\n

178 weeks<\/h3>\n

The main construction period for Liverpool\u2019s new Everton FC stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

QUARTERLY BLUES<\/h3>\n

Tender workload increased by just 0.9 per cent in Q3 2024 compared with Q2, the Southern Construction Framework said in its latest subcontractor survey.<\/p>\n

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MARGIN WOES Forty per cent of Northern Irish contractors reported worsening profit margins in 2024, in the latest Construction Employers Federation (CEF) Survey. CEF chief executive Mark Spence said: \u201cOur Construction Survey\u2019s results reflect a period of increased challenge during the second half of 2024. Chiefly this was seen through a year-on-year drop in turnover …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84999,"featured_media":484445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[79553,559],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n