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February’s figures for production in the construction sector reflected a “substantial deterioration of operating conditions throughout the industry”, according to the latest Production Manufacturing Index.
CIPS/Markit’s index registered 27.8 points in February (with 50 equaling no change), after rising slightly during the previous month.
A committee of MPs has attacked the government for failing to take advantage of the UK’s engineering skills base.
The Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee report found the government “lacks sufficient in-house expertise to exploit fully the UK’s world-class engineering base”.
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Online recruitment activity contunued to decline in March, according to the Monster Employment Index.
The UK Index slumped by seven points in March as online demand dropped on February.
Recruiters have welcomed the government’s commitment of £525m for offshore wind projects over the next two years in this year’s Budget.
Multi-sector recruiter Randstad has backed £1.7bn extra funding for the Job Centre network, as announced in yesterday’s Budget.
The average time taken to make appointments within the financial services sector has doubled to six weeks since last September, according to a survey by Joslin Rowe.
The survey of 3,100 placements confirms that financial services has been particularly affected by the downturn, which hit the sector with a vengeance after the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Manual labour: more British nationals are applying