Earlier this week the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its latest Economic and Fiscal Outlook report. It found that the British economy had rebounded more strongly than was expected around the time of the June Budget. Indeed, employment had risen to a level not expected until 2012 which is all positive stuff. However, while ...
Civil Engineering firms are set for a major boost in the West Midlans following the launch of a new apprenticeship scheme that has been introduced into the region. A leading construction firm unveiled its national Apprenticeship Academy which will create 100 new jobs, predominantly in the rail industry, for young workers. Training will take place ...
Following last month’s Comprehensive Spending Review, businesses are looking to increase their use of agency workers, according to the REC’s latest JobsOutlook. (to view this full report please see job outlook articles on the right hand side of our blog home page) The report – published last week by the REC confirmed that employers are likely ...
Building Magazine reported that the latest ONS figures show redundancy rates within the construction industry fell from 21,000 to 18,000 over the quarter to September The number of redundancies in construction has fallen again to 18,000 for the third quarter of the year, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics. Redundancies ...
Sometimes out of bad comes good and through natural competition spiraling costs and rents begin to find their natural pricing. Throughout the industry rates and rents have been in decline to reflect recent conditions. We have also read in “Property Week” that according to DTZ’s third quarter Fair Value Index the UK commercial property market ...
House prices fell by 0.8% in September according to the latest data from the communities department. The data, follows additional reports from mortgage lenders of further falls in October, confirms the continuing drop in prices seen across the market. The government data, which is based on lending figures from across the majority of mortgage providers, ...
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has backed the launch of a government initiative to encourage local authorities to carry out more housing construction jobs. Now under consultation, the New Homes Bonus scheme aims to incentivise councils to undertake construction work on more homes by awarding them, for every new property, a grant equal to the ...
Report on Jobs – Appointments rose at weakest rate for 14 months in October. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published this week – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing on original survey data provided by recruitment consultancies of which Technical Moves have contributed. ...
Green light given to create 24 partnerships between local businesses and councils which will replace the previous regional development agencies (RDAs). Public Property Uk today reported that today in parliament, business secretary Vince Cable said that 24 combinations of local authorities and private companies had successfully bid over the summer to form so-called local enterprise ...
New investment needed in UK infrastructure over next five years Building has reported that the government has published a new National Infrastructure Plan stating its aims for improving the UK’s economic infrastructure over the next five years. The plan outlines the scale of the challenge facing UK infrastructure and the major investment needed in networks ...