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“There are now strong signs that the important replacement market, initially promoted on the basis of the superior thermal properties of double glazing, has reached saturation point. The direct sell sector is struggling to keep pace with overall repair, maintenance and improvement expenditure with ...

“With rising fixed costs in the industry, the last decade has seen a period of sustained consolidation through acquisition. Strategic investors and private equity see the market’s underlying growth drivers as an opportunity - offering scope to acquire, consolidate, improve efficiencies, and sell ...

“The UK continues to edge towards a more circular economy, marked by huge growth in energy-from-waste and the move away from landfill. However, energy-from-waste capacity remains someway off that required to ultimately replace landfill, while the UK continues to rely on EU exports to fulfill this ...

“The short-term outlook for the UK commercial property market remains cautiously optimistic, with growth of 1% in real terms predicted for 2018. However, there is some disparity between major sectors, with industrial and alternative assets expected to outperform, while sentiment in the retail ...

“An efficient and cost-effective private healthcare sector would lead to greater benefits for patients, providers, healthcare professionals and insurers, while also easing pressures on the NHS and wider healthcare industry.”

- Lewis Cone, B2B Analyst

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“IT developments are relentlessly progressing, and the speed of change continues to gather pace.  This is boosting the IT services market, while customer investment hesitancy with the economic uncertainties created by Brexit is further encouraging the adoption of flexible pay as you go costing ...

“Health and wellbeing programmes can play a major part in helping the UK close the productivity gap and provide the B2B market with a great opportunity. If employees in a professional services environment enjoy work, they do better work, which is obviously beneficial to both staff and organisations.”

“The data centre sector remains highly fragmented in the UK as it is worldwide. Growth in the number of data centres is slowing, but demand for services continues to grow. This is encouraging widespread modernisation of the legacy infrastructure to increase capacity and gain greater cost ...

“Courier and express delivery services continue to surge, driven primarily by the burgeoning B2C sector and boom in online retail. However, the industry has been marked by intense pricing competition and slim margins. Mounting expectations among the consumer base grow evermore demanding, with ...