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Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises
Industry warns people to delay home improvement due to shortage of cement, electric components, timber and steel.
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Are they good at bricklaying and carpentry then?60% due on all timber end of june by according to "Builders depot" . Within central london , best money right now id been a chef or hotel manager .They are really begging for them
They can earn more now ! Restaurants cannot find good staff etc .Its a nightmare for them .Are they good at bricklaying and carpentry then?
Pretty sure we all would!£600 a day and I would wait tables no problem
I saw that, other than the price of cable not seen too much evidence. Mind you, the DIY places like Screwfix and Toolstation are often out of quite a lot of stock.
It already hasLocal suppliers around north london are only allowing 5 bags cement per account /customer . I wonder if Cable will see a sudden rise ?
I mean a REAL sudden rise like a extra 40% by july etc ????It already has
Just check screwfix or toolstation each month and that will tell you if prices are going upI mean a REAL sudden rise like a extra 40% by july etc ????
If the ship you are referring to is the Evergiven it is still in the Suez canal and not likely to move until the recovery costs and compensation is sorted out by the courts, the containers on that ship will also cost more to land as the carrier has called "General Average" to cover the costs and lossesScrewfix had real issues recently (along with B&Q) as a huge amount of Kingfisher group products were wedged in the Suez canal.
It's 50% since December in some casesI mean a REAL sudden rise like a extra 40% by july etc ????
so that could mean nearly 100% in 6 months ? ??It's 50% since December in some cases
The way it's currently rising I wouldn't be surprisedso that could mean nearly 100% in 6 months ? ??
I wanted a feather board fence when we took out massive hedge out.I'm finally expecting today the delivery of some schneider parts that have been on back-order for about six weeks - got stuck on one of the trapped containers in the Suez blockage.
As for timber - I went to my local builders merchant a few weeks back to buy feather-edge and some posts etc to make a 4m fence section and nearly hit the floor - well over £400
That is the optimistic view, it's not what I've been told by one of my customers who works in international shipping.There has been a huge increase in demand for building supplies as trades get back up to full speed and this has been compounded by a global shortage of containers. I've read that the container issue should resolve itself within the next few months, but it will take a few more months for supplies to trickle down the chain.
I agree . The knock on effect will be huge .That is the optimistic view, it's not what I've been told by one of my customers who works in international shipping.
The Suez blockage has caused chaos that will go on for many months if not years as ships missed their port slots the berthing schedule jigsaw has had to be rejigged which means some ships do not have enough berth time to fully unload and load the containers that they need to before the next ship is due to dock or tidal limitations would keep it port for far longer than needed so some containers end up on a much longer journey until the ship berths in that port again
Add to that the cost of shipping containers on some routes is at a premium cost as rates have spiralled over the last few months and this is taking ships away from the less lucrative routes
The outlook in the short term for goods that are shipped into the UK is not good and this could go on for possibly a few years from what I'm told
Mad how it can change so fastI was in screwfix today and picked up prysmian 2.5 100m rolls for £54 inc vat Which is over 10 quid less than I paid last week.
might be worth quickly stocking up at that price
Thursday or Friday last week I paid £67 for a roll, today I paid £54Mad how it can change so fast
Cef website says 74.34 Inc vat today so would be well worth picking some up at that priceThursday or Friday last week I paid £67 for a roll, today I paid £54
im tempted to back in the morning and pick up another 2 rolls
Thursday or Friday last week I paid £67 for a roll, today I paid £54
im tempted to back in the morning and pick up another 2 rolls
Thats what i would be doing!Bring one back as a return from last week's order ?
Bugger, I should have gotten some yesterdayBack to £67 today, I reckon the £54 price yesterday must have been a pricing error
Back to £67 today, I reckon the £54 price yesterday must have been a pricing error
I had this with a fancy lunch box I bought off Amazon , it was £27 , I saw it for £17 so bought it , the next day it was £13 then back up to £27Funnily enough a product I'd considered buying from them had gone up by £10 yesterday.
Just checked and it's still at the higher price today. Maybe they're trialling Alibaba style yoyo pricing.
Has inflation really gone that mad, or is it all down to supply and demand, (rhetorical) I can remember buying 100M of 2.5mm T&E for £12.00 from TLC, but then I am as old as telectrix who I am sure will remember that price too.
Has inflation really gone that mad, or is it all down to supply and demand, (rhetorical) I can remember buying 100M of 2.5mm T&E for £12.00 from TLC, but then I am as old as telectrix who I am sure will remember that price too.
£64.80 in Rexel this week. They are selling it a few quid below screwfix now. same in denmans.Prysmian 2.5 just paid £70 for a roll in screwfix
Interesting video but didn't explain very well or give the real reason why ships are queuing up at ports, talking to one of my customers whose works in worldwide shipping the market has become a bit skewed because more ships are being transferred to the routes where there is more money to be made because the shipping rates have increased and are therefore more profitable, then there was the Evergiven blockage in the Suez canal this caused delays to many ships and resulted in ships arriving in ports out of there timetabled sequence which meant they could not neccessarily dock when they wanted to add to this any port issues during their allotted time alongside which delay the unloading / loading and some ships are sailing with containers that should have been unloaded and are leaving containers on the dockside that should have been loaded. As my customer said the Suez canal block will have a knock on effect for many many months while the ports rebuild their schedule jigsaw to maximise the dock meterage they have available to the length of the ships coming into portI watched an interesting video on youtube about the root causes of product shortages and in turn price increases.
This video is well worth a watch, explained it clearly
And the fact that most of the world labour/workforce will no longer work for just a bowl of rice.Metal prices would having an impact and supply of raw materials is probably a significant factor in this instance.
Brexshaft has also had a massive impact on anything to do with moving goods, even across the UK. I was talking this morning with a client who has a base in Oxford and a base in N.I. They used to just freely send trucks between the two places ad-hoc as both are in the U.K. but now with this EU border down the Irish Sea they actually have to do customs dockets and carnets for every single individual item. It's utter madness.Interesting video but didn't explain very well or give the real reason why ships are queuing up at ports, talking to one of my customers whose works in worldwide shipping the market has become a bit skewed because more ships are being transferred to the routes where there is more money to be made because the shipping rates have increased and are therefore more profitable, then there was the Evergiven blockage in the Suez canal this caused delays to many ships and resulted in ships arriving in ports out of there timetabled sequence which meant they could not neccessarily dock when they wanted to add to this any port issues during their allotted time alongside which delay the unloading / loading and some ships are sailing with containers that should have been unloaded and are leaving containers on the dockside that should have been loaded. As my customer said the Suez canal block will have a knock on effect for many many months while the ports rebuild their schedule jigsaw to maximise the dock meterage they have available to the length of the ships coming into port
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