The first period of the new year has been steady for Lethaby & Cook, with a surprising number of new M&E projects commencing, especially in the office refurbishment sector. In general, with COVID-19 restrictions still in place, the market remains volatile, with many projects delayed or cancelled. This may cause a mini post-Covid boom in
Lethaby & Cook have commenced with the supply of electrical staff on a major office refurbishment in Telford. At it’s peak, we will be engaging around 10 electrical operatives made up of electricians and mates. The project is the first & second fix of five floors, including, lighting, power, data and alarm systems. Completion is
L&C are pleased to have completed the placement of an electrical engineer for a local residential M&E specialist. We identified an engineer known to us who was looking for a move and matched our client’s job specification. After two interviews the offer was made and we are delighted to have assisted our client and helped
The ongoing lockdown is not having a dramatic effect on new work and L&C are off to a good start with new projects in the City of London and Farnborough, Hants. Both projects are with one regular client and we have been able to satisfy the requirements with our regular sub contractors. It’s always nice
Like any company, Lethaby & Cook has had a testing summer and business still looks like being tough as we go into the winter. However, we have been lucky, with our closest clients maintaining work and keeping us busy as well. During the early autumn, we completed a yearlong project at City Airport (pictured below)
Like many of our clients, after a reasonably positive start to 2020, everything has come crashing in around us somewhat. It has been a ridiculously difficult and often stressful time for all businesses as we try to understand furloughing staff and applications for loans as well as rent and VAT holidays. Ultimately, we all know
Lethaby & Cook’s civil and structural recruitment division saw a spike in civil engineering work running up to the nations temporary state of lockdown. The current pause in activities and inevitable adjustment aside a significant number of clients are optimistic they will resume much planned recruitment. We have been placing engineers on HS2 and London’s
Lethaby & Cook were delighted to be asked by our client to supply them with with site management and gold card electricians at their project near City Airport in London. The project involves the fit-out of 84 rooms, as well as reception and landlord areas within the building. We have had a presence on site
After what seemed a very long Christmas break, Lethaby & Cook are looking forward to another challenging year in the industry. With brexit solved (allegedly) we will be hoping for a bounce in the economy after uncertainty took a grip in 2019. There was still work out there in 2019 but economic uncertainty did play
It has been a reasonable summer for Lethaby & Cook, but, due to economic uncertainty, not as busy as we might have hoped. The current political impasse (with the you know what) has definitely had an impact on our business, with the release of funds at the top of the money chain particularly slow. A
