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 40% of their direct workforce and for each of them roughly five others lose their work. Against this background it is no shock that the figure put on the…