Resurgence in recruitment suggests a corner has been turned.
There have been times in the past few years when the more spiritually-minded among us were sorely tempted to summon the priest for the last rites to be performed on our sister website, Demolition-Jobs.co.uk.
Like the industry it was built to serve, the site was languishing in the doldrums; its death rattle imminent; a premature and untimely demise assured.
But what began as a barely perceptible twitch has grown into a full-blown recovery that might (MIGHT) mean that the UK demolition industry is at last feeling sufficiently confident to start employing people once again.
Over the past few days, the site has seen unprecedented levels of activity with a number of new jobs and record numbers of applicants for those jobs sending the sites stats off the charts.
Does this mean the recession is officially over? Well, the UK economy has long since emerged from a (depending who you ask) double or triple-dip recession. And while concerns remain over the long-term stability of territories like Spain and Italy, the wider EU Zone has followed suit. Equally, a glance at London’s tower crane pocked skyline at present suggests that purse strings are being loosened at long last.
Of course, we have seen false dawns before. And UK demolition is categorised by its ability to balance each upturn with a downturn of equal severity and unpredictability.
But when even cautious, fingers-burnt-before demolition firms reopen the door to prospective new candidates in senior roles, a long overdue recovery looks to be on the cards.
The challenge now, of course, is ensuring that the qualifications and training of these individuals – many of whom may have been out of the industry for several years – are up to speed.
