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245 _aOverheads for SMEs at all-time high
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490 _aPKF Press Release
_v15 July 2004 (1)
520 _aPKF has published its latest "PKF SME index" which reports that input costs for small and medium-sized construction firms increased in the second quarter of 2004 to their highest ever level. According to the report, the continuing rise in the price of steel, oil, glass, bricks and other raw material pushed input costs up from an index score of 66.8 in the first quarter to 78.3 in the second quarter. The full report can be viewed, after registering, at http://www.pkf.co.uk/web/pkfweb.nsf/pagesbyID/ID06 432BB53266899780256ED2003DF4CA?OpenDocument.
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650 _aSMES
650 _aCONSTRUCTION
650 _aSTATISTICS
690 _aBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-MARKET
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