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It still looks tough for civils firms, despite fewer pessimists

It still looks tough for civils firms, despite fewer pessimists

Civils firms are still seeing their levels of work dwindle. That’s the main message from the latest survey from their trade body CECA. The survey shows firms were slightly further away from growth in this spring that they were in the winter. Rather than bore you with detail, the graph above (sourced from the CECA survey) shows the balance of civils firms saying workloads improved compared with the previous year against those that saw workload down over the past 10 years. So zero…

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Optimism alive and kicking in construction

Optimism alive and kicking in construction

The RICS construction survey for the third quarter of 2009 found confidence over increased workloads returning to the industry for the first time since 2008 Q1. This was despite an overall fall in workload across the industry as a whole and the fact that things would have been worse but for a positive showing from publicly financed construction. So are the surveyors right and we are poised to rebound from recession over the coming year?