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THERE’S A COLOUR FOR EVERY CUT FROM NORTON CLIPPER. For more information visit: www.nortonabrasives.com 01785 279553 @nortonabrasivesuk MULTI-MATERIALS Subcontractors account for a vast amount of construction work, with the major building firms tending to hire specialists to cover most forms of specialist tasks, from carpenters and electricians to groundwork or foundation specialists and roofers. The availability of these subcontractors deteriorated on average at a record rate excluding last year’s initial pandemic-related shutdown. Just as raw material shortages are driving prices higher, the deterioration in subcontractor availability is pushing average rates charged by subcontractors higher. In August, the rate of wage increase was far in excess of anything recorded previously in almost a quarter of a century of PMI survey data. << www.hae.org.uk www.eha.org.uk