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NewsStrong construction wage growth outstripped by inflation, says ONS
Industry vacancies rise to buck national trend
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NewsConstruction vacancies dip but remain at near-record levels
Vacancies remain high, while weekly earnings 7.6% hike fails to keep pace with inflation
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NewsConstruction vacancies match all-time record, says ONS
Past three months saw an average 49,000 jobs unfilled as firms pay out bonuses to keep hold of staff
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NewsConstruction vacancies increase at fastest rate on record
Average number of vacancies was 43,000 over the last three months, the highest figure for at least 20 years
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NewsConstruction one of only two sectors to see vacancies higher than a year ago
But unemployment is still 44% higher than 12 months ago
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CommentNo sign in the data that construction employment is plunging again – not yet anyway
The construction jobs market has been holding up better than many have feared.
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CommentNo joy in the latest construction jobs figures
With low vacancies and redundancies ongoing, job numbers will continue to fall
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Construction redundancies remain high while vacancies remain low
As the real business of governing the UK begins to wind up again, the latest employment figures will do little to cheer the incoming government as it prepares to put chalk marks on where deep public sector cuts will be made.The overall figures showed the rise of unemployment continuing above ...
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Good news in the employment figures, but the future for construction jobs remains uncertain
The latest employment data will provide economists, politicians and strategists with plenty to chew on.The headline figure for unemployment jumped by 43,000 to top 2.5 million for the first time since 1996, the number of people in employment fell by 89,000 and the number wanting a job rose again.But there ...
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Fewer redundancy in construction, but the future remains bleak on jobs
For the optimists in the construction industry there is much hope to be gleaned from the latest employment figures.Equally for the pessimists there is plenty within the numbers to fret about.So what should we make of the latest batch of labour market numbers that, among other things, show that 163,000 ...
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Grim outlook for jobs in UK construction
The official figures show construction lost 67,000 jobs in the third quarter of this year. This is more than 1,000 jobs each working day and half the jobs lost to the UK economy over that period.So while there may be suggestions of more stability in the wider economy, construction is ...
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Construction continues to shed workers at an alarming pace
A further 38,000 construction workers were made redundant in the three months to September according to the latest Government labour market figures.This raises the total of employees shed over the previous 12 months to 177,000.Meanwhile the figures also show that the chances of those being made redundant finding a new ...
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Job vacancies in construction drop to decade low
The latest jobless figures showing a leap of 81,000 people unemployed over the past quarter will come as little surprise to most people in the construction industry. They are seeing life getting tougher by the day, especially those with any links to house building.The major house builders have axed about ...