KPMG’s UK Head of Infrastructure, Building and Construction, Richard Threlfall, has recently reported the sharpest rise in housing construction in the UK since November 2003, which must be good news for the moving industry

“[Recent] figures show that construction market activity is going up a gear, with residential activity in overdrive,” he said, adding that the increase in housing construction is an interesting case study in the delayed response of the market to government initiatives, with activity picking up just at the point that government has started taking steps to cool the market ignited via Help to Buy.