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Recruitment freeze looms over practices at Brexit jitters bite

By 2019-08-23T06:00:00

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RIBA warns of ’deep unease’ as appetite for hiring falls to two-year low

The number of practices looking to hire permanent staff has tumbled to a two-year low, according to the RIBA.

The RIBA Future Trends Staffing Index fell five points in July to -3, the first time it has fallen into negative territory for almost two years.

Any figure below zero means practices are expecting to employ fewer permanent architectural staff in the next three months.

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