Industry Analysis - Construction

The UK construction industry is set to capitalise on the 2012 London Olympics in a big way. It is already one of the UK’s most important economic sectors, with 250,000 firms employing more than two million people and representing, according to the DTI, eight per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).

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