Choppy waters ahead but growing confidence we can ride out the storm

By Chloë McCulloch2022-01-20T07:00:00

One of the biggest risks to construction’s recovery is the recruitment crisis

In the power dynamics of the labour market it is the employees – in construction just as much as other sectors – who have the upper hand right now. This is quite a turnaround: just think back to the start of the pandemic when the chancellor’s furlough scheme came to the rescue and the fear was that the economic shock of covid could lead to mass unemployment – reports warned of 4 million unemployed.

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