The importance of confidence surveys

摘要

As a construction professional, you are probably asked to complete a lot of surveys. While it can sometimes seem like either a painful strain on your time - or worse still, a sneaky marketing ploy - genuine surveys about the state of the industry are more important now than ever, as a growing number of construction businesses use them when formulating their strategies. Understanding the sentiment in the industry is crucial when, for example, decisions need to be made to increase or reduce production levels or recruitment is being considered. At this time, when furloughed workers are returning to their companies, Europe is on a knife-edge; will there be enough work to keep formerly furloughed staff employed? Will the European Commission's Recovery and Resilience package - along with funding from other European monetary bodies - be enough to steer the economies of member states through the final stages of this crisis?