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The support service includes regular updates from the BMF’s daily briefings with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, specialist forums delivered as interactive webinars and practical support, such as a template letter to support rate relief applications and new COVID-19 Branch Operating Procedures.

A survey with tradespeople, installers and local contractors, has highlighted the ways in which tradespeople are using their downtime due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The Construction Leadership Council has issued a statement on payments and contracts, urging clients to continue to pay suppliers at risk due to COVID-19 until at least the end of June 2020.

Data published from the Office for National Statistics has shown that there was a 5.6% fall in private housing repair and maintenance in the three months to February 2020, the largest fall in this series since October 2012.

It is expected that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme will make payments later this month, before April 30.

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A series of free online lunchtime workshops have been announced for people working in construction.

The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the potential market impact of Kingspan's acquisition of materials supplier SIG’s Building Solutions division.

The Liquid Roofing and Waterproofing Association (LRWA) has set up a new page on its website to signpost people to the most up-to-date information from the key industry bodies for construction.

The government must step up its support for small construction firms, as the sector risks seeing a crash similar to that experienced during the financial crisis of 2008-09, when just under half a million workers left the industry, according to the Federation of Master Builders.