Since Brexit completed in January 2020 and the global lockdown of March 2020, executives throughout the UK have faced an ever-changing trading and working environment. Some could not have envisaged the scale of the advantages, while others experienced quite the...
The exodus of workers during Covid and the record high numbers of economically inactive have contributed to the UK’s 1.26 million vacancies and an understandable perception that the employment market is now employee-led. The increased demand for voluntary home...
Who is Ludwig Erhard and what has he got to do with industrial relations in the UK? Ludwig Erhard became the first Minister of Economy of the newly established Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. He faced an almost impossible situation. Industrial production was...
September 2022 had the highest value of construction output (£15,125m) since 2010. While inflation has no doubt played its part, the prospect of rising order books has to be set against employment figures for the sector, which, as shown in the graph, have yet to...
Cost of poor quality has been much discussed in the construction industry in recent years. Studies have estimated that the direct costs of avoidable errors in the construction sector are around 5% of project value, or £5 billion per annum in the UK. Whilst some...
