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...Locals believed Børsen’s spire, made up of four intertwined dragon tails, protected the historic building from mishaps and fires after it was twice spared when the palace burnt down in 1794 and 1884....
...Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café...
...At lunch, you’ll see a wide variety of people here, from bricklayers to Roman celebrities....
...This will be true of roles recommended for inclusion on the list — including welders, bricklayers, workers in racing stables and health workers outside the NHS — and occupations that could be considered...
...Fashion has been through the workwear mill many times, from double denim to steel toe caps, passing by the ever-popular bleu de travail....
...The Bank of England increased interest rates from an all-time record low of 0.1 per cent in November 2021 to the current 5.25 per cent....
...Bubbles’ desk, commissioned by record company boss Jake Riviera in 1981, is shaped like a bricklayers’ trowel propped up by a pile of wooden blocks that resemble a stack of books — a visual joke, perhaps...
...He noted that local bricklayers commanded about £1,400 for four-and-a-half day weeks, the equivalent to a £60,000-a-year salary, almost double the salary of the average college lecturer....
...With some bigger builders laying off workers, the firm has started noticing bricklayers offering their services for lower wage rates in a sign of the faltering outlook for the sector....
...Jackson, the oldest of four daughters, was born in Birkenhead in 1936 to Joan, a cleaner, and Harry, a bricklayer. She left school at 15, and spent some time working at Boots....
...Roman buildings crowding the walls....
...If ministers wanted to keep a SOL, it recommended a pared-back list of just eight occupations, including bricklayers, roofers and retrofitters; laboratory and pharmaceutical technicians; and some racing...
...Hundreds of workers — from bricklayers to coopers — joined him. Brunelleschi answered those three questions....
...I read the UK wants more bricklayers but we obstruct building because the country is populated by anti-growth Nimbys....
...It was the equivalent of more than 30 years’ wages for the average Amsterdam bricklayer....
...It confirmed that bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, plasterers and construction workers will from this summer be added to the Shortage Occupation List....
...It was 9am and next to the local primary school, with its vegetable garden and broken windows, a group of teenage boys were swigging beers and laughing over the sound of a boombox....
...While the priority for ministers is to tackle inactivity among the UK workforce, government officials acknowledge that will not be enough to fill the 1.2mn job vacancies and say targeted immigration is needed...
...Business groups are now pressing ministers to expand visa routes further as one element of a broader policy drive to boost the size of the workforce....
...The government’s migration advisory committee (MAC) has recommended that bricklayers, roofers, carpenters, plasterers and people working in the construction trade generally be added to its list of occupations...
...The cost of a 40ft container from China to northern Europe was $1,500 in summer 2020 but at the start of January 2022 it was $14,200....
...But in the century following his death in 1837, London planners agreed with George — many of Soane’s buildings were demolished....
...A year ago, the government set up the “Construction Skills Delivery Group”, with the aim of improving existing training....
...The occupational group “managers” was the least likely to have received training in the 12 months before employers were surveyed, and the only occupational group where less than half received training....
...than a third of its members were struggling to recruit bricklayers and carpenters....
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