{"id":23614,"date":"2016-04-19T11:01:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T11:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=23614"},"modified":"2016-04-19T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T11:02:16","slug":"uk-housebuilders-divided-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/uk-housebuilders-divided-brexit\/23614\/","title":{"rendered":"UK housebuilders are divided over Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 dir=\"ltr\"><span>A new survey has revealed that \u00a0UK housebuilders remain divided over leaving the EU, with only 31 per cent concerned about withdrawing&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A survey of 389 owners or directors of house building companies has been carried out for property consultants<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcbainscooper.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> McBains Cooper<\/a><\/span> by<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.morarconsulting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Morar Consulting<\/a><\/span>. The survey revealed only 31 per cent of firms are worried about an EU withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The survey highlighted that London and North East companies were the most concerned about what a Brexit might mean on their business in terms of restricting their ability to recruit from abroad through EU freedom of movement rights. \u00a0House builders have often recruited from EU countries because of skills shortages in the UK.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Only last week, the Deputy Mayor of London, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/people\/mayoral\/stephen-greenhalgh\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Stephen Greenhalgh<\/span><\/a>, warned that London risks losing the large numbers of European construction workers it needs to build new homes if Britain leaves the EU.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of McBains Cooper, said:\u00a0\u201cMany of the companies surveyed are smaller businesses and it seems that Britain withdrawing from Europe is not an issue for most of them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLondon firms may be among those more worried about Brexit because, more than the rest of the country, the capital is in the middle of a building and infrastructure boom which requires skilled workers from the rest of the EU. \u00a0In this scenario, a Brexit could lead to a fall in house building in London, hitting the prospects of those wanting to get on the property ladder.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cFor areas such as the North East, the EU has been a huge source of inward investment. \u00a0Fears over the impact on skills shortages of a Brexit are also likely to be mixed with concerns over the impact that this loss of investment will have on the regional economy and, in turn, the demand for new houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new survey has revealed that \u00a0UK housebuilders remain divided over leaving the EU, with only 31 per cent concerned about withdrawing&#8230; A survey of 389 owners or directors of house building companies has been carried out for property consultants McBains Cooper by Morar Consulting. 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