What will the coming recession mean for the contractor job market?

[TheDude]

Peugeot RCZ instead of an Audi TT.

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Peugeot RCZ instead of an Audi TT.

[vetran]

Always been presumed in my industry that once the building starts slowing down the country is truly in a recession.

Now I can quite see many major road building, and possibly railway works being upended/stopped/cancelled to help fill the hole, from my point of view I have never been so busy, the 4M's are all in place, Motivation, Manpower, Materials, Money that are needed for construction to carry on, and I'm refusing work left right and centre because I really need to take a bit of time off, and I don't feel that it is risky at the moment to turn down work.

But whilst there is building and cranes above the skyline in the major cities, the country is still turning money over. No-one can see into the future but I do know contracts are still being awarded, even contracts we call "Framework" which means basically Government jobs. Some framework jobs for MOJ have been held off, and some unexpected ones are cropping up.

So I'm not seeing a recession just yet, a slowing down in my trade perhaps but it always tends to slow down around Xmas.

How would the government mandating all new builds must be measurably Carbon zero to get planning affect the industry?

I suspect that is an easy way to improve our housing stock.

Follow up in a few years that major extensions need to be retrofit greener.

[Whorty]

Peugeot RCZ instead of an Audi TT.

Sod that, I'm not selling my TTRS roadster

I have a reputable hair dresser image to keep

[vetran]

Sod that, I'm not selling my TTRS roadster

I have a reputable hair dresser image to keep

Finally out of the closet or should we say Salon?

[Whorty]

Finally out of the closet or should we say Salon?

Us metrosexuals have never been in the closet .. we're comfortable with our sexuality

[WTFH]

Ordered 1000l of oil yesterday.
Price a couple of weeks back was around £1+VAT
BoilerJuice was 90p+VAT
Contacted the main supplier and got 82p+VAT

It seems that they are a bit quiet, as the usual 2 week lead time for the lowest price is actually 4 days.

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Ordered 1000l of oil yesterday.
Price a couple of weeks back was around £1+VAT
BoilerJuice was 90p+VAT
Contacted the main supplier and got 82p+VAT

It seems that they are a bit quiet, as the usual 2 week lead time for the lowest price is actually 4 days.

Burning oil? FFS how much carbon is that spewing into the atmosphere, how many deg C will the planet heat by after that?

[jamesbrown]

Burning oil? FFS how much carbon is that spewing into the atmosphere, how many deg C will the planet heat by after that?

Somewhere south of the amount taken to mine one cryptocretin coin.

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Somewhere south of the amount taken to mine one cryptocretin coin.

Gold mine.



Crypto mine