In what was largely a budget to help support businesses and the economy as they emerge from what everyone hopes will be the final stages of the Covid pandemic, chancellor Rishi Sunak made a number of announcements that will be welcomed by the construction and infrastructure sector, though more time will be needed to see if they lead to the promised increase in work and prosperity for the industry. Further details on the setting up of a new UK infrastructure bank to be based in Leeds, (one of many ‘levelling up nods’ to the north in Sunak’s second budget) with a £12bn initial capitalisa...