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Big builders going to the wall

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Juliet27 Sun 02-Apr-23 07:59:32

😁 Foxygloves.
And roofers staying out on the tiles
Communications companies out of touch
Water companies going down the drain

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Juliet27 Sun 02-Apr-23 07:51:43

The trouble here is that there are no end of new homes being built but not the infrastructure to cope with them.

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Foxygloves Sun 02-Apr-23 07:40:26

Big builders going to the wall ?
What ever next?
Plumbers going down the pan?
Wheels coming off the haulage industry?
Train operators going off the rails?
Gas suppliers disappearing into thin air?

(Sorry, couldn’t resist it!)

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BigBertha1 Sun 02-Apr-23 07:27:03

Large guild by firms are doing well in this part of England....huge housing estates going up everywhere and they struggle to get tradesmen. Small firms seem to be benefiting from home limped and the good ones have waiting lists.

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gangy5 Sun 02-Apr-23 07:04:39

Looking through other posts I have seen that you are in Australia. Big builders here in GB seem to be making good profits. I would be happy to see some fail here. The majority doing the hard work of labouring are employed unfairly with no benefits at all. Gone are the days when builders employed their own staff. The work is now taken on by contractors who supply the labour.
For this reason I would like to see some companies fail here.

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Ashcombe Sun 02-Apr-23 06:57:00

nanna8 is in Australia,; Melbourne, IIRC.

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gangy5 Sun 02-Apr-23 06:40:01

I apologise nanna8 as I'm not a regular poster on here . I don't know where you are living. I have a lot to say about the building industry.

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nanna8 Sat 01-Apr-23 23:52:27

Some very large building companies are going into liquidation here meaning some people, mostly youngsters, are in danger of losing their money. Some bright spark here commented that it was greed and over speculation that has caused it which I thought was unkind because mostly it is the first home buyers who are affected. Rents are amongst the most expensive in the world here and it is cheaper to pay off a mortgage now. Is this also happening in the UK ? Is it a world wide thing ?

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