No jobs for the boys

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The skills shortage which is emerging in the UK construction industry is the result of decisions taken since the second half of the 1980s by the country's leading contractors, according to many tradesmen. They feel that the situation will only be improved if contractors are willing to offer more apprenticeships, along with improved job security and more on-site training. At present, many young people do not want to enter the construction industry, especially as they regard it as offering very little job security.

Employment, Skilled labor

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Moving on down: Many major contractors are losing their younger managers to smaller and specialist contractors, as these offer a speedier route to the top, hands-on experience and real responsibility

Article Abstract:

Some major contractors are losing their younger managers to smaller and specialist contractors. Those staff who have move claimed that they are attracted by fast-track promotions and the hand-on responsibility, and not necessarily the salary. The larger contractors are keen to play down the issue of managerial shortages, claiming there is nothing new about specialists recruiting managers from the majors.

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Chief engineer: the Newcastle professor about to be invested as a chief of a West African village

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A professor of structural engineering at Newcastle University in the UK is to be invested as a tribal chief of a village in Ghana in September 1997. John Knapton will become Nana Odapagyan Ekumfi in a ceremony attended by 5,000 dignitaries and subjects in gratitude for his work over two decades in helping the villagers to trade their products more fairly.

Officials and employees, Achievements and awards, College teachers, College faculty, Engineers, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Knapton, John

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