Construction still worst-hit by insolvencies
Construction industry insolvencies in 2024 fell eight per cent compared to the year previous, despite the industry experiencing the highest number of insolvencies of any sector.
Construction industry insolvencies in 2024 fell eight per cent compared to the year previous, despite the industry experiencing the highest number of insolvencies of any sector.
Specialist firms overrepresented as industry experiences highest insolvencies.
Construction continues to be the worst-hit, accounting for 17.4 per cent of cases.
More than 4,280 construction firms went out of business in the UK in the year to May.
Contractors in the UK have gone out of business at the highest rate in a decade.
Construction sees the highest number of insolvencies in the year to April with 4,104.
The wider group comprises Lorne Stewart Engineering, Lorne Stewart Facilities, Rotary Building Services, and Modular Designed Solutions.
Lendlease’s construction arm saw a fall in revenue and a dip into the red, as the company gears up for the sale of UK construction and a focus on its Australian market.
The objective is to speed up infrastructure development, streamline costs, and optimise resource sharing for public sector works across the East of England.
“Players in the construction sector are not always good at upholding their contractual obligations to each other,” – Alan Stanley.