April Boom?

[BlasterBates]

I think your experience is unique.

Whilst it is true that companies don't have company years that end with the tax year, as company year ends are going to be equally spread throughout the year the effect of them should be neutral.

However, HMG does have a year end of April. Like it or not, HMG represents almost 50% of the economy and has an awful lot of work to hand out to these other companies. So it is companies with year ends of mumble mumble that all have to bid for this work, and guess what, it all happens in April.

tim

Haven't noticed dips except at christmas, but then is anyone actually looking during Christmas week. This confirms it:
job stats

Obviously in the summer various PM's will disappear but we're looking at week delays in organising interviews etc.

No I wouldn't jump into the April boom. either there is a pick up there isn't.

[pedroPM]

Haven't noticed dips except at christmas, but then is anyone actually looking during Christmas week. This confirms it:
job stats

Obviously in the summer various PM's will disappear but we're looking at week delays in organising interviews etc.

No I wouldn't jump into the April boom. either there is a pick up there isn't.

To me the graph does actually show an increase in demand leading into April for the past 3 years. Last year the demand fell off rapidly afterwards but we know all about that.

I think the graph suggests a gradual increase in demand from Christmas which peaks in April/May. Hopefully The same will happen this year which would be helped by some of projects that were frozen in the past 10 months being given the go ahead. There must be plenty of work that was shelved in the knee-jerk reaction since last April.