Construction buyers fear for year ahead

Optimism levels among construction buyers have slipped to a two-and-a-half year low.
The latest bellwether S&PGlobal/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index shows expectations for business activity growth during the year ahead dropped to the lowest level since May 2020.
That previous low was back in the days of the start of the pandemic and those times aside the degree of positive sentiment was the joint-weakest since December 2008.The activity Index recorded 50.4 in November d