With the hangovers disappearing and the excess food digested, it is time to look forward to another year at Lethaby & Cook as we continue to build on the business we completed in 2017. We are looking to achieve this by reinvesting profits back into gaining more of an online presence with regards to advertising,
Despite all the political upheaval courtesy of Brexit, hung parliaments and even talk of a ‘New Party’ in politics, the construction industry remained buoyant in the summer, despite definite signs that the commercial market is slowing down, at least with some of my clients. The biggest issue I have witnessed has been the increase in
Civil and Structures: There’s good news on salaries from our civil & structural division and confirmation that the employment scene remains buoyant, despite all the recent political upheaval. Job offers from our clients in the consulting sector, whose fees have remained highly competitive since the financial crash, have shown an improvement across the board. The
The first six months of 2017 have been hectic at Lethaby & Cook with the permanent recruitment aspect of the business really gaining momentum. Of course, for Paul Cook, after 21 years at Thomas Telford, the permanent sector is second nature, whilst for Bob Lethaby, it has been very rewarding growing the M&E permanent sector
Mechanical & Electrical Despite economic confusion as Article 50 begins its long painful process, it has been a busy start to year for Lethaby & Cook, with the M&E contract side of the business being particularly buoyant. We have been supplying project staff to contracts in Reading, Marlow, Hayes, Uxbridge, Staines, Farnham and Central London.
Our civil engineering recruitment division has been pleased by the high levels of confidence clients have shown during the first few weeks of 2017 . This welcome feedback isn’t just coming from our clients in the consulting engineering sector (easily the largest employer of professionally qualified civil and structural expertise in the UK) but from
L&C have commenced a project to supply trades labour to a new electrical fit-out in Reading, Berkshire. The project is an office refurbishment with a six month first and second fix installation taking place. L&C are involved in several projects of this nature in and around London and welcome applications from ECS electricians who may
Lethaby and Cook are of to a busy start to 2017 with plenty of projects and candidates getting in touch with regards to new positions in our relative sectors. Despite post-Brexit uncertainty with the economy, in the short term at least, L&C are positive that both our industry sectors are buoyant enough for further job
The M&E Division of Lethaby & Cook has commenced a new project in Salisbury, supplying an ECS qualified electrical tradesman for a fast track commercial fit-out for SES. The project will last approximately eight weeks, running until late January 2017, with additional work possible. For more information regarding mechanical and electrical trades staff at Lethaby
Lethaby and Cook is the rebranding of Claremont Building Services Ltd after the coming together of M&E director, Bob Lethaby, and long term business associate, Paul Cook, who headed up the recruitment division of the Institution of Chartered Civil Engineers for 20 years. Paul and Bob first worked together way back in the 90’s before going on to
