Brickonomics

Redundancies in construction jump to 170,000 over 12 months

The latest employment figures show a continued shocking rate of redundacies in construction with another 42,000 jobs shed from the industry in the second quarter of this year. That makes a total of 170,000 recorded job losses over the past...

Posted by Brian on August 12, 2009 10:05 AM

More than 100,000 construction workers made redundant last year

The latest employment figures provide yet more grim reading for those in construction with the numbers made redundant in the final quarter of last year rocketing to 48,000. The official figures out today show that 109,000 construction employees were made...

Posted by Brian on February 11, 2009 9:49 AM

Trades not professionals have been hit hardest by construction job losses

I read with interest the Sunday Times story about how quantity surveyors were joining the dole queue at a faster rate than any other group in the UK economy. So I looked at the base figures and, well, came to...

Posted by Brian on February 10, 2009 1:52 PM