High interest rates and low confidence put construction firms under pressure, Lords warns

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The stock is now down more than 40 per cent since the start of the year.Chief financial officer Stuart Kilpatrick said the primary driver of the slump was a lack of confidence from markets and individuals, which has left people “sitting on their hands a little bit.”He called on the government to streamline planning, restore stability and reduce financial pressures on business, including cutting employers’ national insurance.\n\n“The government’s not helped us really with national insurance, which has pushed our costs up and everyone else’s costs up of employment,” he said.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKilpatrick added that high interest rates remain a concern and that no one was “predicting an invasion of Iran in the early part of this year,” which has added further economic pressure on the sector.Housebuilders struggling as Burnham vows housing blitzThe construction industry is one of the UK’s largest sectors, making up around seven per cent of GDP and employing more than two million people.It is currently facing some of the sharpest cost rises in 30 years.\n\nHomebuilder Berkeley warned last month that “decisive intervention” was needed from the government, cautioning that London could miss its housing targets.Crest Nicholson reported a £35m loss, driven by higher interest rates, rising costs and deteriorating consumer confidence caused by the Iran conflict.The sector has also seen job losses, with the S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) recording “sustained job shedding.”","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":false,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"need_login_tip":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"isLaohu8Offline":false,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.46.0","shortVersion":"4.46.0","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2655052148","isCrawlerRequest":true}