{"id":28855,"date":"2016-11-23T14:03:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=28855"},"modified":"2016-11-23T14:03:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-23T14:03:34","slug":"brexit-construction-skills-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/brexit-construction-skills-shortage\/28855\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit could result in construction skills shortage says SMP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Society of Mortgage Professionals has warned leaving the EU could lead to a critical construction skills shortage<\/h2>\n<p>A construction skills shortage could be on the horizon due to Brexit. This warning was delivered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cii.co.uk\/membership\/faculties\/society-of-mortgage-professionals\/society-of-mortgage-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\">Society of Mortgage Professionals<\/a> (SMP), who stated the decision to leave the EU could mean a significant shortage of workers at a time when the industry is most at need.<\/p>\n<p>Some 12 per cent of the construction workforce comes from EU member states. Since the Brexit vote there have been concerns within the sector about its ability to recruit from overseas once the UK withdraws from the EU.<\/p>\n<h3>Construction industry acts as &#8220;weather vane&#8221; for the property market<\/h3>\n<p>Lee Travis, head of professional development at SMP, said: \u201cWe are in total agreement with The Federation of Master Builders that the construction industry acts as a weather vane for the property market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are saying that almost two thirds of smaller builders are struggling to find bricklayers and more than half are finding it hard to source enough carpenters and joiners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThere is a huge skills shortage in the United Kingdom and the prospect of not having easy access to EU migrants post-Brexit could mean that this gap is set to widen. Ideally therefore, we would like to see some official assurance that EU workers will remain in the UK after the split.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Government fails to meet new homes targets<\/h3>\n<p>The government is under increasing pressure to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/housing-minister-declares-one-million-new-homes-target\/20195\" target=\"_blank\">housebuilding targets<\/a> as shortages reach critical levels. However, the government has repeatedly failed to meet the new homes target each year.<\/p>\n<p>Travis continued: \u201cAlthough no-one can predict what the medium to long-term effects of Brexit will be, we cannot afford to lose momentum at such a crucial time for the UK housing market.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe House of Lords economic affairs committee recently stated that we need to build as many as 300,000 homes each year to solve the current housing crisis. 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