Top Ten best read stories of 2018

Grant Prior 8 years ago
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The Enquirer is putting out its last daily newsletter of the year today as the industry winds-down for its traditional Christmas break.

The website will be updated with any major breaking stories during the holiday season with the full daily news service returning on January 2.

It has been another busy news year for construction as the Enquirer keeps the industry up to date with what is really going on.

The Enquirer enjoyed another year of growth as busy professionals turn to us for a fast and insightful news fix.

Our daily newsletter now has more than 49,000 subscribers.

Google Analytics show the Enquirer enjoyed more than 18 million page views this year from more than 2.6 million users – numbers which dwarf any of our traditional construction media rivals.

Google Analytics proof of our readership – something you won’t see on rival sites…..

Our growing band of advertisers enjoy industry leading response rates and all the details about booking a campaign for 2019 can be found here

Adverts were clicked on 120,000 times during the year generating a staggering 2,666 hours – or 111 days – viewing time of our advertisers’ websites by Enquirer readers.

The Enquirer awards are now a must-attend industry event while our recently launched Suppliers and Buyers Directory has already signed-up more than 3,000 firms from across the supply chain.

We’d like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and here’s to a prosperous New Year after a well deserved break.

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