Property and Construction: Quarterly Outlook - Summer 2026
An informed, commercially grounded insight that helps businesses to understand not only where the market is today, but where it may be heading next.
The UK property and construction industry is sophisticated and complex. Tight margins and intricate contractual arrangements are commonplace.
Margin erosion and cashflow pressures typically result from late payment, disputes, project delays, critical supply chain disruption, fixed price contract risk, skilled labour shortages, interest rate volatility and legislation changes. That is why partnering with a firm that truly understands this sector can make a tangible difference to a project’s outcome and the overall profitability and success of your business.
Our capabilities
within the sector
Leonard Curtis has more than 350 property, construction, financial, legal and business experts operating nationally from 30 UK and offshore locations. This means the right people are available where and when you need them.
We identify early warning signs, create workable solutions, protect jobs, and, in a worst case scenario, will provide a restructuring solution to preserve value and allow you to move forward.
We are specialists covering the full spectrum of property and construction needs, with national reach. Our team includes recognised industry leaders, including expert witnesses, adjudicators, arbitrators and mediators, with decades of hands-on experience across the sector.
Our expertise includes:
Advisory:
- Invoice Finance & Asset-Based Lending – supporting funders and the wider financial services industry, including corporate debt advisory for direct company appointments and corporate advisory services to asset-based lenders
- Restructuring and Insolvency – from early-stage investigations through to turnaround advice and formal insolvency, assessing trading position, work in progress and receivables
- Surety Services – undertaking real-time, independent reviews of potential clients to assess the risk of offering such facilities
- dealing with bond calls made by beneficiaries as a consequence of an alleged breach of contract or insolvency
- assisting in adjusting claims on construction and engineering contracts, recommending claim reserves, liaising with your legal team, and providing interim and final reports as required
- Development/Asset Maturity – taking a development from its current part-complete, stalled condition through to either full completion and sale, or an informed disposal. This can include:
- Development Manager – acting as day-to-day client-side lead; consolidating the technical file and master tracker; engaging Building Control and ICW; recommending the procurement route; owning the programme and project budget; coordinating the team; and reporting to the Receiver/bank
- Quantity Surveying / Cost Management – owning and developing the Cost to Complete; valuing the works and LOI/trade packages; running change control; and reporting cost by package
Construction Dispute Resolution: Specialist support across Quantum and Delay, including expert witness, expert adviser, party representative and tribunal appointments, backed by a track record of resolving over 1,000 disputes
Leonard Curtis provide bespoke, tailored solutions that enable property and construction businesses to invest, expand and secure the right capital at the right time via:
- Development finance – funding for builds, conversions, and refurbishments
- Bridging loans – short-term finance to cover funding gaps
- Mezzanine/equity finance – extra capital to boost loan-to-value
- Refinancing – moving from development finance into term loans post-completion
- Working capital support – asset or invoice finance for cash flow
- Lender matching – connecting clients with the right lender faster, securing better rates and conditions
- HMRC / creditor pressure - negotiating Time to Pay arrangements to support when pressures have arisen
Leonard Curtis provides restructuring and insolvency advice when cashflow stress or project losses threaten continuity.
Our expertise includes:
- Early distress triage to stabilise projects and preserve value (jobs, supply chain and site progress)
- Turnaround strategies and debt reorganisation where contract performance or financing has deteriorated
- Solvent exit (MVL) or purpose solutions for property/development exposures
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Leonard Curtis is a trading style of Reach Commercial Finance Limited, registered at Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN. Company Register number is 09056450. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN: 753686. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is an authorised credit broker and not a lender. We work with an unrestricted number of lenders to find a potentially suitable arrangement for your consideration. ICO registration ZA069234 and you can check via www.ico.org.uk. We will receive commission from lenders. Different lenders pay different amounts depending on different commission models. For transparency we work with the following commission models: fixed fee, fixed rate of commission, percentage of the amount you borrow and rate for risk (this is based on the risk profile of the business). Further details of the commission model, calculation and amount will be disclosed to you throughout your customer journey. Privacy notice.
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