24th July 2008, 02:06 AM
Things are manic where I am. I am just guessing, but competitive pricing may be one reason. Developers are looking at costs and shopping around, instead of going with the same old unit. Money is going elsewhere, there seem to be more commercial business developments, plus elderly care. Also a certain amount of local authority money getting spent.
The way I look at it, we never really knew what was on the books 3 months down the line, and we still don't, but we are busy now, so what has changed?
And yes, there is plenty of post ex, but I've got a months worth of work lined up before I even have to think about touching the backlog, assuming nothing else comes in.
Sorry for all the folks finding it tough though. Was there in 1990-91, scraping work in the Midlands where I lived, with old college friends in London begging me to get them in, when I could barely hang on to work myself. Survived in the end by going back to college, but never saw a bright side to the 90s. Things only really picked up in 2001 for me.
The way I look at it, we never really knew what was on the books 3 months down the line, and we still don't, but we are busy now, so what has changed?
And yes, there is plenty of post ex, but I've got a months worth of work lined up before I even have to think about touching the backlog, assuming nothing else comes in.
Sorry for all the folks finding it tough though. Was there in 1990-91, scraping work in the Midlands where I lived, with old college friends in London begging me to get them in, when I could barely hang on to work myself. Survived in the end by going back to college, but never saw a bright side to the 90s. Things only really picked up in 2001 for me.