The freelance division has seen its capability for delivering high-quality contract and temporary personnel strengthened even further with the recent promotions and appointments made in the current financial year. The division supplying freelance professionals stands 28 strong and is focused on building, civils & infrastructure and house building across London and the South East of […]

The desire to work close to home is something our job seekers often talk about but what does it actually mean? Can it really be achieved? And does it involve making compromises? We surveyed job seekers on this topic and 60% viewed working close to home as a commute of under 30 minutes from their […]

The latest data from the Markit/CIPS UK Construction Managers’ Index has shown the fastest level of growth in the construction sector in 17 months. Senior Economist Tim Moore noted “House building was the key growth driver, with work on residential project rising at the fast pace since December 2015”. The theme of strong house building […]

The report ‘Where the UK Wants to Work Now 2017’ from LinkedIn has been released and is compiled on the billions of annual actions made by its users. Amongst the retail giants, banks and media companies, construction companies Kier and Interserve made the list as number 21 and 22 respectively. To sit alongside Virgin, Amazon […]

At Fawkes & Reece we invest heavily in building lasting relationships with the people that we find jobs for and working with them across the various stages of their career. That’s why we are passionate about providing an outstanding level of customer service to our candidates. The people we surveyed about their experience working with […]

The social housing sector has undergone a substantial change over the last 10 years which has seen housing associations take a far more commercial view. An initial drive for efficiencies saw the mergers of smaller housing associations with shared goals however today we are seeing mergers between larger associations who are eager to leverage a […]

The influence technology has on our day-to-day lives continues to increase, and the construction industry is not exempt from this trend. Building Information Modelling (BIM) underpins the use of technology to improve productivity in the construction sector. The industry, along with government has invested heavily in developing a world-class BIM capability, playing a key role […]

Infrastructure has been flagged as a key area of the UK economy and the government continues to place a strong emphasis on the sector. This has included investment along with the development of detailed delivery strategies such as the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan, which charts the direction of national investment in infrastructure projects up until […]

The start to 2017 has been a strong one for the construction industry. Barbour ABI, in their Economic & Construction Market Review cited a strong performance for the industry in January, with a 5% rise in the number of contracts awarded in the same month last year. It was housebuilding that was the engine room […]

The demand for construction professionals is outstripping availability at an ever-widening rate. This gives people more choice and candidates are able to search for interesting and challenging projects to work on or simply consider the merit of an assignment that may suit their need. One way to access the best opportunities and have variety each […]