Brick shortages as homebuilding grows at fastest rate since 2003

Construction industry | The Guardian

Brick shortages as homebuilding grows at fastest rate since 2003

Rise in UK housebuilding prompts fears over huge spike in subcontractor rates and dearth of building materials

Housebuilding picked up at the fastest pace for more than a decade last month helping the UK construction sector add jobs at a record pace, according to a closely watched business survey.

Activity in the construction sector as a whole continued to rise quickly, albeit at a slightly slower pace than in June, according the Markit/CIPS UK Construction PMI report.

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