Brick tool users can expect to see a growth in business activity in the short term, one expert has said.
Dave Lowery, reporter at Construction News, explained that the expansion could be expected as the industry rises out of the trough it fell to last year.
His comments follow a release by the Construction Products Association and Ernst & Young, which revealed that sales of concrete tools and other building items had increased to a three-year high.
However, Mr Lowery warned that cuts in capital spending would have a negative impact on the sector.
"You are still going to get that growth in the short term because [it is] against particularly weak comparatives, but it is in a year or two when it could hit the hardest," he said.
In the Emergency Budget, presented June 22nd, chancellor George Osborne announced that the public investment would be cut from £69 billion in 2009 to £46 billion in 2014-15.
Posted by Jude Whitehouse
Dave Lowery, reporter at Construction News, explained that the expansion could be expected as the industry rises out of the trough it fell to last year.
His comments follow a release by the Construction Products Association and Ernst & Young, which revealed that sales of concrete tools and other building items had increased to a three-year high.
However, Mr Lowery warned that cuts in capital spending would have a negative impact on the sector.
"You are still going to get that growth in the short term because [it is] against particularly weak comparatives, but it is in a year or two when it could hit the hardest," he said.
In the Emergency Budget, presented June 22nd, chancellor George Osborne announced that the public investment would be cut from £69 billion in 2009 to £46 billion in 2014-15.
Posted by Jude Whitehouse