Encouragingly for the middle market, the
current Government has firmly committed to
improving the UK's infrastructure. The National
Infrastructure Strategy (NIS), published in
November 2020, states that a historic lack of
investment in the UK's regions and nations has
resulted in the UK's infrastructure falling behind
that of other countries. To tackle this the Prime
Minister, Boris Johnson, has pledged to take the
country's infrastructure forward, 'fairer, faster
and greener'.
Kelly Boorman, Head of Construction at RSM
UK, said 'the UK has historically experienced
mixed progress with infrastructure
developments, and that mix of progress is
evident if you look geographically across the
country. It is not necessarily due to a lack
of investment appetite in less developed
areas. The concentration of funding has
generally gone to a handful or larger projects
predominately in the south of the country.'
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