Of all the tropes and sayings that confront us, perhaps the ones that tell us we should be better prepared in life are both the most accurate - and the most annoying! 'Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail'...but in the current economic and business climate confronting the construction and engineering world now, the need to be ready, and to be able to handle the risks and uncertainties ahead, is arguably a life and death issue. Yet when you look at the facts on the ground, it may not be so obvious: Economic growth is up; the huge EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, with its financial envelope of €672.5 billion, is up and running; Next Generation EU - the plan for restoring the EU's health after the Covid-19 pandemic - brings the promise of financial support for a stronger, better, greener recovery.
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