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Mar 2020

Last Updated: 27/03/2020

Business

WATCH: Harrogate construction company calls for 'clear instruction' from the government to stop all 'non-essential' trade.

by Ami Miller Lifestyle Reporter

| 26 Mar, 2020

Mark Smith, Managing Director of HACS Construction Group, says the Government needs to lay out 'clear, concise instructions' to stop all non-essential work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9BXVaNL6o

Harrogate based construction company, HACS Group stopped all work after the government's 'lockdown' measures were introduced on Monday evening. Mark Smith, Managing director of the firm told the Stray Ferret that he was in 'disbelief' when it was announced on Tuesday that construction could continue If guidelines were followed, he said this would be 'totally impractical' to enforce.