The website will be updated with any major breaking stories during the holiday season with the full daily news service returning on January 4.
It has been an extraordinary 12 months and a busy news year for construction as the Enquirer keeps the industry up to date with what is really going on.
Unsurprisingly the ongoing Covid-19 crisis dominated the headlines and these were the best read during the year.
Our most popular stories in 2020
(Number of times they were read)
Construction braces itself for widespread site closures– (207,825 page views)
Police threaten to fine contractors on way to work – (109,959 page views)
Piling problems force BAM to tear down building frame – (81,918 page views)
Boris urged to save UK construction industry – (68,916 page views)
BAM to pull down entire frame of £65m building– (57,127 page views)
Woman killed in London crane collapse– (54,883 page views)
“Turn up on site or else” – majors turn screw on subcontractors– (47,180 page views)
Go-ahead for largest new station ever built in UK – (42,927 page views)
Drywall contractor Astins goes down – (36,271 page views)
Opinion: Official line needed now on site closures– (34,579 page views)
The Enquirer enjoyed another year of growth as busy professionals turn to us for a fast and insightful news fix.
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Our daily newsletter now has more than 49,000 subscribers.
Google Analytics show the Enquirer enjoyed more than 23.7 million page views this year from more than 4.2 million users – numbers which dwarf any of our traditional construction media rivals.
Our growing band of advertisers enjoy industry leading response rates and all the details about booking a campaign for 2021 can be found here.
Display adverts were clicked on 149,000 times during the year generating a staggering 4,933 hours – or 205 days – viewing time of our advertisers’ websites by Enquirer readers.
Our recruitment pages are thriving thanks to our unrivaled reach into construction companies while our Suppliers and Buyers Directory has already signed-up more than 4,300 firms from across the supply chain.
We’d like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and here’s to a happier New Year after a well deserved break.
