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• Building Britain's Future promises 45,000 new jobs building homes - That can't be right

  Has anyone else prodded the sums on the 45,000 new jobs promised in the Building Britain's Future document as a result of the £1.5 billion pledged to stimulate building of 20,000 social and 10,000 private homes? I would have had a poke at them earlier... Posted Jul 06 2009, 06:51 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: government spending, house building, stamp duty, jobs, Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, debt, VAT

• Why you might want to raise a glass to building homes?

  As we rage about the cost to the taxpayer of 80p bath plugs and the construction of elaborate duck houses, here's a figure to contemplate. For every new home built in recessionary times, each taxpayer is about 10p to 15p better off. Not a lot maybe... Posted Jun 05 2009, 10:45 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: unemployment, house building, recession, jobs, Treasury

• Are construction's vital job statistics wrong?

  Following the release of numbers suggesting construction jobs increased by 47,000 over 2008 I asked for clarification from the statisticians. To my mind and in the view of anyone in the industry I have spoken to these figures were wildly wrong. I have... Posted Mar 20 2009, 10:06 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction output, job losses, jobs, statistics, statisticians, redundancies, construction workforce, ONS

• I don't believe the construction jobs figures...do you?

  Many thanks to Jonathan for commenting below on my thoughts on the jobs figures released this morning. He comes from a recruitment background, so sees the situation first hand, and he seems as puzzled as I do over the official data that suggest construction... Posted Mar 18 2009, 09:05 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction output, jobs, statistics, statisticians

• Construction gains 47,000 jobs in 2008 - it may be official but I don't believe it

  Apparently there were 2,285,000 or so jobs in construction in the final quarter of last year up 47,000 on a year earlier and just 1,000 down on the quarter before, which appears to be the peak in this economic cycle. Puzzled? Wondering where these jobs... Posted Mar 18 2009, 10:01 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction industry, construction firms, construction output, job losses, jobs, employment

• British Workers for British Jobs - be careful what you wish for

  The news that Britain is looking to curb the flow of non-EU surveyors and construction managers entering these shores will no doubt be welcomed unreservedly by many. Not me. I read that piece of news with some deep regrets. Why? Read More... Posted Mar 17 2009, 02:59 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: construction industry, migration, construction managers, Australia, jobs, foreign workers, quantity surveyors