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In a statement following the CSR, PwC construction global leader Jonathan Hook found both positive and negative sides to today’s review.
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CSR 2010: Contractors look at the bigger picture
Contractors have warned that the real test of the comprehensive spending review will be whether it allows the private sector to recover sufficiently to make up for the loss of public sector capital spending.
CSR 2010: KPMG welcomes increased capital spending budget
KPMG’s UK head of building and construction, Fiona McDermott has welcomed the increased capital spendign budget says the government needs to do more on the delivery of social housing.
CSR 2010: Network Rail ‘not complacent’ as McNulty report looms
Despite all of its major schemes being secured in the Comprehensive Spending Review, Network Rail has said that it is not complacent as it awaits the outcome of the McNulty value for money study.
CSR 2010: RICS accuses government of gambling with the economy
RICS director of external affairs Mark Goodwin has accused the government of gambling with the economy by reducing the Department of Communities and Local Government’s spending by 74pc over the next four years.
CSR 2010: CPA welcomes Chancellor’s acknowledgement of importance of capital spending
The Construction Products Association said there was “some relief” for the construction industry today after the Chancellor George Osborne announced he would maintain transport investment over the next four years.
CSR 2010: Ceca welcomes Chancellor’s link between infrastructure and economic growth
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association has welcomed the link Chancellor George Osborne made between investment in infrastructure and economic growth.
CSR 2010: CPA supports higher transport spending but remains wary of “astonishing” cuts in the CLG’s budget
Construction Products Association economics director Noble Francis has reacted to the CSR and said those working in the transport sector are looking reasonably good as the review could have been a lot worse.
CSR 2010: Housing cuts a “big blow to housebuilders” says FMB
The Federation of Master Builders has condemned the Chancellor’s announcement that funding for new social homes will be cut to £4.4bn for the building of up to 150,000 homes.
End of the road for the retirement age?
The coalition government has announced plans to abolish the default retirement age. After next October it will be necessary to justify any retirement date objectively, or to terminate an individual’s employment for some other reason. Before 2006, employers could set any age for retirement. The Default Retirement Age was then introduced…