9th July 2008, 04:01 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Oxbeast
Indeed. I read recently that 3,500 people have been laid off by housebuilding firms this week (and that was only on tuesday). It looks like the government is still pressing ahead with 'eco-towns' though.
Don't count on eco-towns as a saviour! The government may want to have them built but they cannot force the building industry to build in eneconomic times. In my patch we are seeing a very real downturn with field staff casualties being imminent. The telephones just stopped ringing....