MAKE YOURSELF HEARD

摘要

To kick off 2017, Building launched its Building a Better Brexit campaign in our first edition of the year. This initiative aims to secure a better deal for the construction industry from Brexit. For this to happen we need you, the reader, to voice your concerns and tell us exactly what you want from a Brexit deal to enable your business and the wider industry to thrive once we are no longer part of the EU. A Brexit deal for the industry should be commensurate with its importance to the country's economy: construction makes up 10% of GDP, when product manufacture and services are included. As the country grapples with the realities of Brexit, it is likely that the industry will be even more crucial to the UK's economic performance - and after all, the government is relying on it to deliver some major projects over the coming years. And yet, it seems the needs of the industry under Brexit are at risk of being overlooked by the ministers and civil servants leading the negotiation strategy. While ministers have pledged to seek special arrangements for highly skilled workers in the City and unskilled workers in the agricultural sector, construction with its broad range of skills has received no such assurances.