The Autumn statement presents an opportunity for the new Chancellor to think creatively about how to address the country’s growing housing crisis.

For two thirds of SME house builders, a lack of available and viable land is the biggest barrier to delivering more homes, a frustratingly predictable insight from the FMB’s latest annual House Builders’ Survey.

Though the ramifications of June’s historic referendum will only truly be known in the coming years, already certain sectors are feeling the difference. In few areas of the economy is this truer than in construction, and judging by our latest State of Trade Survey – our quarterly assessment of construction SME sentiment across the UK – while many indicators remain positive, there are one or two worrying signs.