Construction and real estate - IBR 2010 sector focus report
Construction and real estate - IBR 2010 sector focus report
The Grant Thornton International Business Report
(IBR) 2010 reveals that privately held businesses
(PHBs) in the construction and real estate sector are
markedly more confident about their economic
prospects for the year; a balance1 of +13 per cent are
optimistic this year compared to -20 per cent last
year. Businesses in all sectors are more optimistic
this year (+24 per cent) than they were in 2008
(-16 per cent).
Of the ten sectors considered in the 2010 series of focuses, financial services is the most buoyant at +42 per cent; ahead of technology (+40 per cent), cleantech (+34 per cent), hospitality (+32 per cent), retail (+31 per cent), manufacturing (+25 per cent), construction and real estate (+13 per cent), food and beverage (+7 per cent), transport (+5 per cent) and healthcare (-18 per cent).