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Eight out of ten subcontractors are now back on construction sites, as demand for labour recovers to 79% of pre-lockdown capacity<\/h2>\n

Subcontractor payer, Hudson Contract<\/a> made a total of 117,591 payments to freelance operatives in August, compared to a peak of 149,067 in February and a trough of 80,625 in April.<\/p>\n

The bounce-back points to a V-shaped recovery<\/a> for the construction sector.<\/p>\n

\u2018No shortage of work for the highly skilled\u2019<\/h3>\n

Ian Anfield, managing director, said: \u201cThere is no shortage of work for highly skilled tradespeople<\/a>, whether they are groundworkers, bricklayers, plasterers or plumbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding sites are becoming more productive per head and the quality of work is improving because they only have the best lads working on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding firms have been tightening up on surplus labour because their margins are being squeezed by main contractors asking for discounts, social distancing measures on site and larger projects splitting into smaller schemes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anfield added the remaining proportion of people are choosing not to return to work as a result of state support schemes or seeking opportunities in other sectors.<\/p>\n

Overall, average weekly earnings for subcontractors<\/a> slipped by 1.3% to \u00a3877 during the month of August, a similar drop to last year\u2019s holiday season.<\/p>\n

The best-performing regions were the North West (increase of 5.6%), the North East (up 2%) and London (up 0.3%).<\/p>\n

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