Sharp rise in ‘critical’ distress for construction firms
Latest figures from Begbies Traynor’s Red Flag Alert, which monitors the financial health of UK companies, show that the number of construction companies in ‘critical’ distress in the third quarter of 2025 reached 7,361. This is 70.2% higher than in the same period last year. The number of construction firms experiencing ‘significant’ distress – a…

