The Building Podcast: Mark Chats to Max Wilkes

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The construction industry is the largest separate sector in the UK, generating £139Bn of value in 2023, delivered by 365,000 VAT registered businesses, employing over 1.4M people and supported by over 750,000 self-employed staff.  These numbers often mask the messages coming from the industry on what we have to do to stay ahead, as leaders focus on their experience and anecdotal case studies.  As an established sector, there is a huge amount of data that is published on construction.  However, many of us need a guide to advise on the origin, veracity and meaning of this data.  Max Wilkes, an Associate Director for Atkins Realis chats to Mark on the meaning of the data that is available and the predictions that the current data shows.