Consultants grow staff as sector defies Brexit anxiety

By Joey Gardiner and Dave Rogers2018-09-27T06:00:00

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Building’s Top 150 survey shows two-thirds of firms have expanded, with three-quarters set to hire more staff

Three-quarters of the construction industry’s biggest consultants plan to hire more staff in the coming year, despite growing worries about big-ticket schemes being stalled and the unknown effects of Brexit.

Building’s latest annual survey of the top 150 architects, engineers, surveyors and project managers reveals that more than two-thirds of firms have grown overall staff numbers, with average headcount growth exceeding 7%.

And more than nine out of 10 firms improved the pay of their staff in the past year, as companies shrugged off concerns about falling workloads caused by the outcome of Brexit.

“People thought 2018 was going to be the year it all turned, and it didn’t”

Andrew Henderson, Ramboll

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