{"id":32886,"date":"2025-10-22T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/materials-chiefs-sound-alarm-over-stagnant-market\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:42:10","slug":"materials-chiefs-sound-alarm-over-stagnant-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/materials-chiefs-sound-alarm-over-stagnant-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials chiefs sound alarm over \u2018stagnant\u2019 market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-502645\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Construction Leadership Council\u2019s Material Supply Chain Group painted a bleak picture in its latest update.<\/p>\n<p>The group said sales in the third quarter were flat or declining compared to 2024 and the market \u201cremains one of the most challenging trading environments in over ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lack of demand has seen many materials firms stop hiring new staff or upskilling existing workers.<\/p>\n<p>The group said: \u201cThere is therefore a genuine risk of a loss in both capacity and workforce that will lead to a more pronounced shortage in the medium-term, just when a recovering market can least afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/10\/22\/materials-chiefs-sound-alarm-over-stagnant-market\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Construction Leadership Council\u2019s Material Supply Chain Group painted a bleak picture in its latest update. The group said &#8230; <a title=\"Materials chiefs sound alarm over \u2018stagnant\u2019 market\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/materials-chiefs-sound-alarm-over-stagnant-market\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Materials chiefs sound alarm over \u2018stagnant\u2019 market\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}