{"id":147253,"date":"2025-01-09T10:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=147253"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:23:38","slug":"fmb-push-housing-housebuilding-weakest-pmi-performer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/fmb-push-housing-housebuilding-weakest-pmi-performer\/147253\/","title":{"rendered":"FMB push housing as PMI\u2019s show housebuilding weakest performer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/about-us.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federation of Master Builders (FMB)<\/a> have warned that housebuilding support needs to keep momentum in the new year after a lacklustre index performance<\/h2>\n<p>The FMB are pushing housing support by the Government, as the latest PMI\u2019s reveal the sector to be the weakest performing in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Construction output as a whole was rated at the lowest in half a year, causing concern in the industry that any gained momentum is being lost again.<\/p>\n<h3>\u201cThe fastest reduction since June 2024\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>The business activity in the January PMIs was at its slowest rate of expansion since June 2024, and new order growth did not see any increase.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Berry, chief executive of the FMB, said: \u201cToday\u2019s figures demonstrate the need for significant concern about the viability of the Government\u2019s plans to boost housebuilding rates, with the data showing a decline in output for the third consecutive month. More alarmingly, as we are in the winter months, this has been the fastest reduction since June 2024. With \u2018subdued demand conditions\u2019, \u2018elevated borrowing costs\u2019 and \u2018weak consumer confidence\u2019 sighted by survey respondents as holding back growth, more must be done to get Britain building again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government made a promising start, following the General Election, with pledges to build 1.5m homes and implement significant planning reforms welcomed by the construction industry. However, the FMB have continued to make the case that these goals will simply not be deliverable without a focus on tackling the construction skills crisis; diversifying the housing market from a small number of volume housebuilders; and ensuring changes to planning policy actually deliver for small builders. Despite early announcements, the data shows this must remain the long-term focus for 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>The changes FMB recommend will transform the industry<\/h3>\n<p>The skills shortage is a key issue in the industry, affecting all aspects and professions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/building-control-salaries-driven-to-historic-highs-by-skills-shortage\/147224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A report has shown that salaries in the building control profession<\/a> have been driven to unsustainable levels due to an exorbitant demand for skill and an inability to supply.<\/p>\n<p>Some in the industry applaud the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/government-tackle-skills-shortage-apprenticeship-skills-hubs\/146117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skill hubs<\/a> that the Government is establishing, increasing interest for younger people to join the construction industry. The skills taught in these hubs can include traditional skills as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/why-teaching-modular-construction-in-homebuilding-skills-hubs-is-key-to-solving-the-housing-crisis\/147216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern methods of construction<\/a>, sustainability, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, the Government delivered on their promise to change the National Planning Policy Framework.<\/p>\n<p>However, the response was less-than-stellar from many, with criticism coming from SMEs calling some aspects of the announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/industry-reacts-national-planning-policy-framework\/135769\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ca scandalous abandonment of small businesses who used to form the core of the Conservative vote.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) also had concerns, stating that while they applaud the Planning Skills Development Fund, they \u201cremain concerned around the acute lack of resources available to local authorities and the impact this will have on realising these LDPs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FMB is pushing housing as the latest PMI release show housebuilding to be the weakest performing in the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":147254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[720,572],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-147253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-planning-construction-news","8":"tag-federation-of-master-builders","9":"tag-housebuilding"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FMB push housing as housebuilding weakest PMI performer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The FMB is pushing housing as the latest PMI release show housebuilding to be the weakest performing in the sector\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/fmb-push-housing-housebuilding-weakest-pmi-performer\/147253\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FMB push housing as PMI\u2019s show housebuilding weakest performer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The FMB is pushing housing as the latest PMI release show housebuilding to be the weakest performing in the sector\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/fmb-push-housing-housebuilding-weakest-pmi-performer\/147253\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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