has been run to provide an indication of the effect of the economic downturn on the industry’s skills needs.
The requirement for new recruits has reduced from the previous average of 88,000 per year to 42,000 per year between 2009-2013
A total fall of 184,000 new recruits needed by the industry over 4 years
Between 2009-2013, UK construction is expected to expand on average, by 0.7% annually
There are significant sub-sectoral differences, for example infrastructure is still showing very strong annual average growth at 6.5% to 2013 compared to the 0.3% growth for private housing
Revised regional outputs will be presented for discussion and validation at the autumn Observatories.
