Naismiths are delighted to have been recognised for the great work we do and to have been shortlisted for the annual ‘Building Awards 2019 – Consultant of the Year’!
Good luck to all of the other nominees.
Fingers crossed…
Responding to ‘decade low’ construction figures from the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index, Naismiths’ Director Gareth Belsham spoke to CITYA.M. on what the drop in new order means for the sector.
“Whether the Brexit endgame brings an election, a ‘no-deal’ or both remains largely moot. For now all the construction industry can do is to batten down the hatches, complete existing projects and retain its capability in the hope that the final months of the year see an unblocking of three years of deferred investment.”…
With a looming Brexit threatening the numbers of skilled workers entering the UK, Blane Perrotton of Naismiths writes for ‘UK Construction’ on why the existing skills shortage in the UK construction sector is set to worsen…
“The skills crisis predates Brexit, and its roots lie in a worryingly entrenched demographic shift: the number of young people coming into the industry has steadily failed to keep pace with the number of old hands retiring or leaving it.
Construction has been allowed to develop a real image problem. A generation of British teenagers raised on – and aspiring to – Love Island has come to see construction work as dirty, dangerous and poorly paid.”…
Managing Director of Naismiths, Blane Perrotton, spoke to CITY AM responding to the Construction sector output fall for the third month in a row.
“At best this is respite, but not relief. Total construction activity is now only sliding rather than plunging.
“But behind the headline figure, the industry’s dashboard is blazing with warning lights.
“New orders are falling sharply, and order books are now thinner than the Government’s parliamentary majority”…
Is Britain’s turbulent real estate market pre-empting an end in permitted development?
The data in our new report and from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the boom in PD projects peaked in 2017, and has been on a downward trajectory ever since.
Download your copy of the Naismiths Knowledge White Paper, ‘Has PD Peaked’, to explore our data analysis and what it means for the industry as we know it…
Gareth Belsham, National Director of Building Surveying, writes for Development Finance Today on the topic of pre-Brexit stock taking.
“Lending has always been a competitive endeavour. But those who triumph in this game of risk and reward aren’t always the ones who keep their cards close to their chest. With the probability of a no-deal Brexit edging closer as 29thMarch approaches, there couldn’t be a more apt time for lenders to grasp the nettle and purge their books”…
After intense pre-acquisition due diligence advice and successful acquisition by our prominent social care investor client, we have been instructed to procure and manage the multi-million pound, phased refurbishment, of 10 care accommodation facilities in and around Newcastle.
Works will be delivered by our northern building surveying team in the first half of 2019.
Writing for Building Magazine to start the new year with thoughts on industry preparation, Naismiths Managing Director Blane Perrotton believes “a painful period of stagnation can only be avoided if the industry is given time to prepare.”
“Two and a half years on from the referendum, the industry is still holding its breath for a concrete development, or even a whiff of clarity, to give developers, lenders and valuers the intel they need to plan ahead — whatever happens after March.”…
At the 2018 West Midlands Finance Awards in Birmingham last month, our very own Ben Harwood, Finance Director and National Head of Asset Recovery Solutions, was presented the ‘Highly Commended – Finance Director of The Year’ award.
Awarded to the Finance Director with a demonstrable legacy of delivery in financial performance, leadership and management, judges of the category were looking for nominees who provided examples of providing strategic direction to their company.
“It was amazing to be recognised and win an award in the Finance Director of the Year category. I Couldn’t have done it without a great team and company with me! Really proud of everyone and everything we have done over the past year.” – Ben Harwood
Being dubbed “an early and unexpected Christmas present”, for the sector and wider economy, the latest Purchasing Manager’s Index came in better than the market expected.
Speaking in the Evening Standard, Naismiths MD Blane Perrotton reacted to the discovery of the unexpected recent market stability…