Sentences with phrase «on the construction sector»

He views the country's planning system in its current form as an impediment to growth, calling it a «bureaucratic monster» with a «choke hold» on the construction sector.

He is ably assisted by Anne - Marie Knight, who focuses on the construction sector, «calming and assured» associate Caroline Rye, and solicitors Adam Dymock and Tom Thurlow, who are both «very clear and thorough».

She speaks with us today on the construction sector in Scotland and how the Scottish Courts are evolving.

Not exact matches

The state government will focus on improving waste recovery rates from the construction, demolition and industrial sectors to achieve «ambitious» targets in its new waste strategy, but has no plans to

A housing and construction rebound has boosted industries including steel and coal, and while many sectors continue to struggle with overproduction, domestic demand has held up reasonably well, with trade data on Thursday showing a surprising improvement in imports.

Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA - Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

«The future of the company is to make sure that we diversify, go heavily into private sector work, and grow nationwide and internationally,» says the entrepreneur, who's been able to focus his talent for construction and engineering on building a thriving business.

Analysts have blamed the slowdown on bad weather, noting that the construction and retail sectors are usually negatively affected during cold snaps.

PMI data, released on a monthly basis, track factors such as output, new orders, stock levels, employment and prices across the manufacturing, construction, and retail and service sectors.

Good news for 2016: the construction sector is on the upswing.

It is not clear that the construction sector would be better off with $ 2.3 billion less tax on its inputs, but $ 2.5 billion more tax on new - home sales.

Saeed Ghasseminejad, an economist, and the political scientist Emanuele Ottolenghi, writing in The Wall Street Journal, estimated that the Revolutionary Guards Corps controls about 20 percent of the market value of companies traded on Tehran's stock exchange, across the telecommunications, banking, construction, metals and mining, automotive and petrochemical sectors.

China has also this year vowed to lighten the tax burden on individuals and businesses and on May 1 will lower the value - added tax rate for the manufacturing, transportation, construction, telecommunication and agricultural sectors.

«Employers in the construction sector are especially concerned as they rely heavily on EU workers to meet the growing demand for housing and to support the government's infrastructure plans.»

Labour cost pressures also remain firm in the construction sector; a recent survey by the Master Builders Association suggests that labour shortages remain most acute in trades exposed to the latter stages of the building process, contributing to ongoing pressure on rates for subcontractors.

In addition to its direct impact on financial sector output, this has contributed to weakness in non-mining construction and property turnover, as well as slower growth of retail spending (Lowe 2012 and Stevens 2012).

But when that happened, Canadian households were far less indebted than they are today, and the Canadian economy did not rely nearly so much on the finance, real estate and construction sectors for growth.

Historical experience suggests that cycles in construction activity (defined as housing together with non-residential construction) exert a strong influence on the manufacturing sector (Graph 7).

The home construction, real estate and transportation sectors all struggled on Tuesday, while the airline, precious metal and semiconductor sectors all fared well.

Arab Bank Yemen provides financing to all sectors of the economy, with a focus on trade and construction, including infrastructure development.

Demand for machinery was on the rise, and even though some of the industries that Caterpillar serves are still under pressure, the company said that the construction sector in China and in North American gas compression operations were notable outperformers.

For example, without an inheritance tax, more resources would shift to zero sum real estate investments that rely on appreciation in real estate values and away from retailing and manufacturing and construction sectors that generate current income more than capital gains.

The data is unambiguous on current economic conditions - GDP growth in the last quarter of 2015 was a meager 2.11 % with full year growth of 2.79 % according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS); inflation rose sharply to 11.4 % in February with prospects of reaching 12 % by March; capital markets have remained bearish; according to UNCTAD Nigeria's FDI fell by 27.7 % to $ 3.4 billion in 2015, and on current trends may fall even more precipitously in 2016; the de facto exchange rate of the Naira for most producers and consumers is now N322 / $ even though CBN maintains a nominal N197 / $ for privileged persons; several economic sectors - construction, government, manufacturing, oil and gas and hotels and restaurants are in recession or barely out of it; government's official foreign reserves is down to $ 27.8 bn; and unemployment and under - employment rates have worsened 10.4 % and 18.7 % by the end of 2015.

Ministers are now set to boost Britain's struggling construction sector by relaxing the rules on property extensions not requiring planning permission from the local authority for a three - year period.

Yet if these cuts in spending are made on capital expenditure, this would exacerbate problems for the construction industry, delaying any potential recovery for a sector that is still in recession and accounts for almost 10 % of GDP.

Commenting on these latest figures, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of public Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of public construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the effects of public sector cuts.

Cuomo has not proposed anything on the scale of Gov. Scott Walker's successful push to end union collective bargaining rights and he has formed alliances with private - sector construction unions, which tend to skew more conservative then their public - sector brethren.

Commenting on the survey, Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products Association said: «Construction activity fell in most sectors during the second quarter, with only a small rise in private commercial activity preventing even sharper falls.

The East Harlem Talent Center will focus on entry and mid-level positions, initially targeting job sectors that include healthcare, retail, construction, office administration, maintenance and hospitality.

If there is one thing that the construction and house building sector can agree on, it's that the next few years will bring unprecedented...

That's why at a time when our construction sector is still flat on its back, in this Budget One Nation Labour would be advancing investment in infrastructure.

Indeed one is very relieved that the non-oil economy is now growing, even though still below 2.0 % as oil sector effects diffuse through the economy through stability and convergence of FX rates; growing reserves; oil sector procurement; and the impact of government spending on sectors like construction.

Because the awards uniquely focus on the competencies and skills of individuals, they provide an annual benchmark of managerial best practice across the construction sector.

On May 20, 2015, nine days BEFORE the government was inaugurated, I laid out «Policy Prescriptions» - diversification of production, government revenue, and exports; imperative of a strong and credible economic team and cabinet; targeting «opportunity sectors» (solid minerals, refining and petrochemicals, a new and realistic fiscal regime for upstream oil and gas, private sector investments in power and infrastructure, agro-processing, retail and construction); freeing «up resources from downstream petroleum sector deregulation» emphasizing «an economic reality in which hard decisions including some previously rebuffed by the opposition will have to be taken» a clear reference to the petrol subsidy which government waited a full year before countenancing the critical decision!

Elected on the back of a pledge to build 300,000 new homes each year, housing minister Harold Macmillan soon met and exceeded these targets, largely as the result of public sector rather than private sector construction.

«Professionals in the global construction sector consistently have a positive impact on the lives of people who they never meet,» said Chris Chivers upon his appointment as President of the Chartered Institute of Building.

LPCiminelli, whose roots trace back to the founding of the Frank L. Ciminelli Construction Co. in 1961, is one of the largest general contractors in Western New York, with a long history of work on major public - and private - sector projects.

Commenting on the discussion, Nick Boles MP said: «High quality apprenticeships are vital for attracting talented people to join the construction industry and ensuring the sector has the skills it needs to boost productivity.

The CMYA awards, now in their 37th year, are unique in the built environment sector for focusing on the ingenuity and leadership of construction managers, rather than sites or project teams.

We are also a partner in ConstructionSkills, the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the UK construction industry, and we are raising employer engagement in training, providing labour market insights on future skills needs and developing standards and qualifications for the sector.

But Chris Williamson, chief economist at financial information company Markit, expressed pessimism on the country's employment prospects, saying: «The unemployment rate is likely to continue to rise in coming months as job losses in the public sector are accompanied by lower payroll numbers in private sector services and construction.

On Tuesday during a URI summit in Buffalo, the governor, via a video message, told council members that he wants them to operate the same way Western New York officials did in spending the Buffalo Billion money: Private sector commitments should already be in hand before construction is proposed.

The construction trades unions added their muscle to the fight against budget cuts and layoffs in the public sector when they rallied at Brooklyn's Cadman Plaza and then marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to City Hall in the early afternoon on June 15 in what organizers called a «Solidarity March for the Middle Class.»

And while, on average, the construction workers earn more than their union brethren in the public sector, they have the rankling perception that government unions have not shared in their recent suffering.

The process incentivizes the private sector to be creative on approaches that speed construction time and reduce cost, while the state also gets the assurance of cost certainty.

The parking and traffic management sector is an under ‑ researched area, and one which covers a vast range of subjects including: the design and construction of car parks, the effect that parking provision has on traffic congestion and the urban landscape, the effective management of kerb space, and the many media and public concerns that managing on and off street parking raises.

«The new Civil Engineering Training Centre will have a major impact on improving the essential skills required to underpin all kinds of construction and infrastructure development, including housing, commercial, industrial, transport, public sector projects and the # 244m worth of capital investment the Solent LEP is making across the area.

Since 2002 the the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) has played a role working with the government on behalf of a major contributor to off - site construction, assisting the industry sector to have a fair playing field in competing against its traditional counterparts.

It has been tailored specifically for and by the North East construction sector, providing students with a starting salary of # 10,700 per year, a professional qualification and a guaranteed job opportunity on graduation.