All trades articles
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NewsPlasterers lead the way as self-employed wages exceed expectations
August wage packets for freelance workers up 2% overall, according to Hudson Contract
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NewsSkilled trades cash in on booming housing and repairs market
Other professions seeing pay rise include M E operatives and shopfitters
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Comment
Duff jobs figures pose a threat to construction industry
The official employment figures released today show that the construction industry has lost just 40,000 jobs.That clearly is rubbish.Were the figures accurate and were the construction output figures accurate it would suggest that as the industry has plunged into recession overall labour productivity for the construction sector has fallen by ...