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No joy in the latest construction jobs figures

2011-09-14T13:14:00Z

With low vacancies and redundancies ongoing, job numbers will continue to fall

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Architects and engineers workload flatlines in cash terms – suggesting pressure on jobs and pay

2011-07-19T12:32:00Z

How will this affect the people in this very people-based profession?

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Construction jobs slump to lowest level since 2003

2011-06-15T10:55:42.913Z

And new data suggests construction pay is stuck at 2007 levels

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A technical glitch with the latest jobs figures...

2010-06-16T13:33:34.370Z

There's a delay with data on construction jobs, but it's worth looking at the broader unemployement picture

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Local builders still deep in recession says latest FMB survey

2010-04-07T09:40:00Z

Evidence that construction is still far from free from the grip of recession has come from the FMB, the trade body that represents many of Britain’s local builders.The survey results show a market that remained in rapid retreat during the first quarter of this year.There is some good news as ...

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Explanations on why the jobs figures and output figures don’t seem to match

2010-04-06T17:24:00Z

The Office of National Statistics has released an article that throws some light on the figures for construction jobs.I for one have been rather confounded by the construction jobs figures which seem to have understated the devastation on the ground, particularly in the wake of the collapse in house building.Indeed ...

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Grim outlook for jobs in UK construction

2009-12-17T15:24:00Z

The official figures show construction lost 67,000 jobs in the third quarter of this year. This is more than 1,000 jobs each working day and half the jobs lost to the UK economy over that period.So while there may be suggestions of more stability in the wider economy, construction is ...

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What Tesco sales data can tell us about the construction jobs market

2009-12-07T15:10:00Z

Practically all construction statistics are poor by comparison to the data in most other industries. It is not a fault of the statisticians or researchers. They have an unenviable job as the construction industry is, relatively speaking, very tricky to measure.So the best way to make sense of what is ...