Insights
Our consultants work inside construction, M&E, civil engineering and FM recruitment every day — and this is where we share what that tells us. Expect practical, sector-specific analysis on hiring, career progression and project delivery risk, written for people who need more than generic careers advice or recruitment sales copy.
With wage changes and skills shortages both making headlines, we look honestly at whether trades and labour is still a smart career choice in 2026.
Competition for M&E roles on major projects is intense — here's what genuinely differentiates candidates who get shortlisted from those who don't.
The move from site engineer to project manager is achievable for most engineers who make deliberate moves early — here's what that path actually looks like.
A vague brief produces a vague shortlist — here's what a recruiter genuinely needs to know about your NEC or JCT project to get it right.
Most project delivery problems that get blamed on "bad luck" trace back to a recruitment decision made weeks or months earlier.
Multi-year infrastructure programmes carry a different recruitment risk profile to standard construction — here's how to hire for it properly.
M&E now represents the majority of value on many modern builds — and recruitment strategy hasn't fully caught up with that shift.
Volume-based recruitment optimises for speed of placement, not fit — here's why we've deliberately built a different model.
Data centres, grid infrastructure and rail electrification are driving the strongest hiring demand in UK industrial construction this year.
April's wage changes will reshape day rates, margins and hiring decisions across UK construction — here's what employers need to plan for now.
