All skills shortage articles
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Features
Building The Future Commmission: Attracting, engaging and retaining the next generation
After a year of consultation and careful consideration, the Building the Future Commission has published its final report. In this chapter, Ben Flatman considers the challenges facing construction in its quest to employ the brightest and best
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‘Outdated’ perceptions mean construction overlooked by young people, CIOB survey finds
Sector seen as ‘overly physical’ and less lucrative than others
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Data centre developers squeezed by inflation and skilled labour shortages
Vast majority are struggling to meet demand, T&T survey reveals
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Comment
We must use technology to attract new talent
The message that digital construction plays a key role in major projects is not being shared with the next generation, says Ibrahim Imam of PlanRadar
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Features
Could a Gloucestershire training centre have found the answer to construction’s people problem?
A family firm in need of more workers to expand its business took matters into its own hands by opening a training centre for construction skills which soon expects to train 2,000 people a year
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Comment
A contractor’s view on volatile prices
Unpredictable labour and material costs are a huge risk to projects so you need effective mitigation plans
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Comment
We must expand the skilled workforce if construction is to fuel recovery
A wider range of construction career paths is available now than ever before – but we need to do more to promote them
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CPA downgrades output growth forecast by nearly a quarter for 2022
Autumn forecast blames ongoing supply issues as rising energy prices add to industry’s woes
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Fall in average earnings for skilled construction labour in several regions
Pay in the West Midlands fell by nearly 5% in September following 6.2% rise in August
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Comment
We must attract more young people to a job making history
The skills shortage facing construction is particularly acute within more niche, highly skilled roles. So it’s time for the Year of the Craftsperson, says Adrian Attwood
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Thousands still on furlough ‘making labour shortages worse'
More jobs are available but employers can find fewer workers to do them
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Industry calls on government to relax new immigration rules
Easier access for construction workers needed for “struggling” firms, says FMB boss
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Housebuilders warn government's 300k homes target is unachieveable
Land availability, planning system and skills shortages will scupper plan, survey finds
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Industry's hardest to fill posts named
Trade groups say access to overseas labour must be kept after Brexit
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Construction tops list for apprenticeship redundancies in Scotland, MPs told
More than 80% of Scottish apprenticeship redundancies were from within construction
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Industry launches survey to gauge impact of Brexit
Backed by nine trade bodies, poll seeks to identify difficult-to-fill roles in a post-Brexit sector
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Comment
Worried about the skills shortage? Try employing former military personnel
Don’t offer jobs to former service men and women out of pity; employ them because they are competent, ambitious, hardworking and quick to adapt
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Construction facing a skills 'Brexodus', says new T&T report
Two years after the EU referendum the sector is facing a skills shortage watershed
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Support off-site production to meet your targets, housing associations tell government
Report calls on Homes England to invest if associations are to meet ambitious build targets
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Government announces new fund to help plug skills gap
The £22m fund will help train people onsite