All Careers articles – Page 77
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How bad can it be? The nineties recession vs the noughties crunch
Remember 1991? For those now starting their careers, it may have been a time of cartoon turtles and spinning hedgehogs, but for older workers it was all about a recession that left the industry on its knees. Emily Wright spoke to both old and young to find out how they’re ...
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Gloomwatch - ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø's industry panel assesses the downturn
In the past few months, the construction industry has become an anxious and uncertain place. To help us make sense of it, we’ve asked a student, a subcontractor, a small builder, an architect, an entrepreneur, a forecaster and a consultant to form a panel.
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71,000 construction jobs lost over past year
Scale of redundancies revealed, with Laing O’Rourke and WSP among the latest to cut staff
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Venice Architecture Biennale 2008 - 14 September to 23 November
International exhibition includes star architects Hadid and Gehry, and competition for university students
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Estate agent premises collapses for second time
Bairstow Eves high-street office collapses again after earlier fatal incident in June
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Rise in jobless figures expected
Government data out today likely to show big increase in unemployment
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Corus cuts 400 jobs as steel demand slides
Distribution workers axed after 'significant decline in demand' from construction and plant markets
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Morgan Sindall and Rok the latest to slash jobs
Morgan Ashurst division expected to lose at least 30 staff. Rok redundancies reach 750
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Morgan Sindall the latest to slash jobs
Morgan Ashurst division expected to lose at least 30 staff
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Chief executive leaves Emcor
The boss of troubled M&E contractor Emcor has left the business as part of a shake-up of the senior management team, in the wake of a £6.1m loss posted by the company this summer, writes Stuart Macdonald.
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Carillion has a new director of training services
Also: architect Sheppard Robson appoints associate partner
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Construction body to axe staff
The Construction Confederation is in consultation with staff over redundancies following a recent shake-up of contractors’ industry bodies.
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537 construction firms folded in third quarter
There were more than 500 insolvencies in the construction sector in the third quarter, an increase of 16% on the second, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Fit-out firm Bancroft axes 15
M&E specialist Bancroft has been forced to make about 15 redundancies as the credit crunch starts to affect more specialist firms, it is understood.
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Senior project manager: Is construction a man's world?
Target women young and show them the construction industry is a place for both sexes
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New roles at Currie & Brown’s Scottish team
Consultant strengthens Glasgow office with five new appointments
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McBains Cooper appoints Midlands leader
Ex-Davis Langdon and RLB consultant joins firm's Birmingham office
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RLF promotes associate for London
Kingston University graduate, APC supervisor and chartered surveyor takes on new role at consultant
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Virtual Grad Fair - 10 to 12 November 2008
New online interactive careers fair launched for graduates in property, construction and design
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Trump's Towers: Interviewing real-estate guru Donald Trump
King Donald has become the living symbol of New York real estate. But now he’s busy buying up the rest of the world as well, including Britain. Emily Wright asked him about his dreams