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President’s Column: March 2019
With the 2019 Spring Statement due on 13 March, and the UK currently scheduled to exit the EU at the end of March, all eyes are on the UK economy this month. …
President’s Column: April 2018
The UK economy is bumping along, we have read about construction material costs rising across the board, tightening labour availability, and the latest …
Steady outlook for steel
Financial markets have been rocked again recently, raising fears that we might be looking at a new financial crisis. Calmer minds have been advising however …
Steel’s performance stays high in low inflation age
News that inflation fell to zero in February for the first time since records began will have come as a pleasant surprise to many, especially those who grew up …
March 2014 – Steel sector ready for recovery
By the time you read this the Chancellor will have finished his Budget speech, the small print will have been examined and the corporate world will have …
Good time for developers to build
Outside the Westminster venue of the BCSA’s National Meeting on the last day of February the Capital showed signs of the first buds of spring, but the green …
January 2012 – Building for future prosperity
The start of a new year is a traditional time for a magazine to look forward, but there will be no market forecasts made in NSC’s pages against such an …
April 2010 – Prospects from energy
The UK economy is clearly still struggling, but the debate is now centred on how strong the recovery is likely to be. At least recovery seems to have started, …
November/December 2012 – Steel still the competitive choice
Hopefully, October’s report of an unexpected continued fall in UK economic output will be looked back on as the nadir of this great credit crunch related …
Steel ready to lead towards sustainable future
Construction, like much of industry, is still on the back foot after a year when the only surprise is that COVID-19 and Brexit didn’t do as much economic …