The construction products manufacturing sector began to feel the impacts of the broader weakness in economic growth and a diminishing pipeline of construction activity in Q3, with heavy side manufacturers reporting a fall in sales and a slowdown in hiring during the quarter.

The Finalists for the 2019 Construction Marketing Awards have been announced! Those listed below have beaten off stiff competition from a bigger and, say the judges, a better crowd of entries than 2018.

The Construction Products Association’s (CPA) Autumn Forecasts for construction output growth in 2020 and 2021 have been downgraded from 1.0% and 1.4% to 0.5% and 0.9% respectively from its summer forecasts.

Outgoing Chair Mike Lomax had handed his responsibilities over to the new chair James Ellis.

Earlier this month, CIM’s member-only magazine, Catalyst, asked marketers to push themselves out of the ordinary. Step one? Kill your meetings, says Twitter’s EMEA VP Bruce Daisley.

James Ellis of Certsure is to be the new Chair of CIMCIG, taking over from Mike Lomax of Tarmac, who steps down at the end of his term.