Cambridge well-placed for quick recovery after recession The Centre for Cities, the organisation that provides research into city economies, has conducted a new survey which finds that Cambridge is particularly likely to emerge strongly from the current recession. The report, Cities Outlook 2010, says that Cambridge has ‘the right ingredients to succeed after the recession ...
Job Reports, NEWSAccording to fresh reports from the BBC, The number of people unemployed in the UK has fallen unexpectedly for the first time in 18 months. Total unemployment stood at 2.46 million for the three months to November, down 7,000 on the figure for the previous three months. It brings to an end the rise in ...
Job Reports, NEWSRound Three of the UK offshore wind farm allocations will increase world market by 20 times. The announcement by The Crown Estate has been welcomed, but Government action is needed to win a manufacturing base for the UK. Up to 45,000 UK based jobs could be created in new coastal manufacturing hubs by 2020 however ...
Energy, NEWSProperty prices increased during 2009, according to new figures, partly because housing demand outstripped supply, which may bode well for future construction recruitment. House prices rose by 0.4 per cent in December to an average of £162,103, Nationwide’s data showed, meaning they had climbed by 5.9 per cent over last year as a whole – ...
Construction, NEWSGovernment funding for housing Construction work since June has passed the £2 billion mark with a new injection of funds, creating new construction jobs in the process. Housing minister John Healey revealed that a total of £2.235 billion has now been made available for building new homes over the past six months through the national ...
Construction, NEWSStrong November means capital growth has increased by 5.4% since August UK commercial property values rose by the largest monthly figures in 15 years, according to November’s IPD UK Monthly Index. The monthly index, released on the 10th working day of each month, analyses total return, income return and capital growth for retail, office and ...
NEWS, Property & SurveyingServices providers are saying they are benefiting from the recent public sector drive to cut costs and outsource services. For example Connaught has recently won a £250m contract with Norwich City Council to provide multi-services within its social housing, compliance and environmental divisions over 10 years. The current pressures that several public sector organisations are ...
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Civil Engineering, NEWSA recent revision of Office of National Statistics figures has indicated that the Construction sector came out of recession in June 2009, with a growth in Q3 output, with repair and maintainance work mainly responsible. Economists reacted with surprise at the latest figures taken from the ONS’ quarterly survey of 12,000 VAT-registered construction businesses about ...
NEWSCambridge Evening News has reported today that the Cb1 project previously backed by Ashwell Property Group is set to get the go ahead again with new backers Brookgate, who are a new firm that has risen from the recent administration of Ashwell. Brookgate are a new company made up of Lloyds Banking Group funding and ...
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