zoe, thank you very much, zoe davidson — continue. ch, zoe davidson from _ continue. zoe, thank you very much, zoe davidson from deloitte. - continue. zoe, thank you very much, zoe davidson from deloitte. you - continue. zoe, thank you very much, | zoe davidson from deloitte. you may have heard the buzz in the background, it doesn't mean we are out of time, but we are on a live working, busy construction site. just to illustrate the point about how important construction is, this one site alone, when it is completed in about two years' time, will be a nine storey office building, and in the course of construction, it will have created about 500 jobs for people working on it. so that gives you one example of why construction is such an important part of the economy and why we are down here today. all right, ben, thank you very much indeed. rescue teams in turkey and syria are still trying to find survivors almost 100 hours after two powerful earthquakes. more than 20,000 people are known to have died. the un says more help is on its way

i am joined by zoe davidson. we are seeing activity here in manchester. we know that the uk faces i economic headwinds and we have seen it in data but we also know from a regional survey that regional surveys like manchester —— regional cities like manchester and salford are showing resilience to the pressure. we are seeing at the moment 12,000 residential units in construction in manchester which started last year. we will see them continue to deliver in the next 12 months to keep delivery up during 2024-5. that months to keep delivery up during 2024—5. that long programme of works keeps the market going. 2024-5. that long programme of works keeps the market going.— keeps the market going. construction is not looking — keeps the market going. construction is not looking in _ keeps the market going. construction is not looking in three-month - is not looking in three—month periods but longer term? is not looking in three-month periods but longer term? absolutely. we have seen — periods but longer term? absolutely. we have seen a _ periods but longer term?

zoe, thank you very much, zoe davidson from deloitte.e are out of time, but we are on a live working, busy construction site. just to illustrate the point about how important construction is, this one site alone, when it is completed in about two years' time, will be a nine—storey office building, and in the course of construction, it will have created about 500 jobs for people working on it. so that gives you one example of why construction is such an important part of the economy and why we are down here today. so that is ben boulos, looking at the construction industry, a key economic sector. let's talk about the hospitality sector with katie nicholls, who was chief executive of uk hospitality. thank you for being with us, how does it look from your point of view? the chancellor trying to be relatively upbeat about our economic prospects today, are you optimistic? we economic prospects today, are you 0 timistic? ~ ., economic prospects today, are you optimistic?— optimistic? we are seeing very challenging _ optimistic? we are seeing v