Germany and the others will have no problems handling an influx of Polish bricklayers and bus-drivers.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The Construction Federation, an employers' body, is working on plans to avert an emerging shortage of tradesmen such as bricklayers and carpenters.

ECONOMIST: Help wanted

Ian Church, 40, had been drinking with a group of friends when he was set upon outside the Bricklayers Arms in Great Yarmouth in the early hours of 5 May, Norwich Crown Court heard.

BBC: Ian Church

They are bricklayers and roofers and the like.

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In a recent survey of Welsh companies, the Construction Industry Training Board found that 69% of participating companies had found difficulties in recruiting skilled staff, with employers experiencing the most difficulty in recruiting carpenters and joiners and bricklayers.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Wales | Warning over tradesman shortage

Even though word of the grand projects dotted around the north-east is attracting workers from all over the country, the demand is such that Odebrecht is training everyone from carpenters and bricklayers to truck drivers and forklift operators itself.

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Further, by deploying trust, values and a purpose-driven mission as the primary drivers for all business activities, interactions and decisions, companies can transform a workforce of bricklayers into a highly coordinated and inspired team of cathedral-builders whose inspired work generates both success and significance for our companies and the world.

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