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The City of London Corporation has established a new Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce, which will look at defining and addressing skills gaps
Set up by the City of London Corporation the Skills for a Sustainable Skyline Taskforce is made up of 15 industry chiefs from contractors, developers and
New government plans to claim £4bn from construction and property businesses to fix cladding could harm SMEs and is not “fair and not proportionate”,
Difficulties sourcing labour – following a drop in the number of EU-born workers in the UK – are likely to push up rates by at least 10 per cent, recruiters have warned. A decline in the number of EU-born workers in the UK construction industry, combined with a surge in demand, has created a squeeze on labour. Contractors are reportedly finding it harder to recruit workers at existing rates and are facing cost increases. Darin Burrows, director of recruitment agency City Site, told Construction News there had been a growing squeeze on unskilled workers. “What we’ve seen is labour rat...