Almost a quarter of the developers think on balance that the workforce will increase, reports the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) on Thursday. Never before were they so positive about the expected employment and their order book.
The number of vacancies in the sector has been increased in the second quarter. In the first quarter there were still seven thousand jobs at construction companies, which had risen in the second quarter to nine.
At the end of the second quarter, there were still 6,800 vacancies, nine more than the previous quarter.
job indicator
the vacancy indicator for the construction industry, where different expectations are combined on employment is at its highest level since the start of the measurement in 1998, according to the statistics office . An increasing number of entrepreneurs has also suffered from a shortage of qualified personnel.
Since the beginning of 2009, employment in construction has declined almost continuously. In the second quarter, the total number of jobs does not decline further. There are still more than one hundred thousand fewer jobs in the sector than at the end of 2008.
Revenue
The contractors turnover for the seventh consecutive quarter increase. In the second quarter, the sector recorded 3.4 percent more revenue compared to the same period a year earlier. Measured value is building the fastest growing sector of the economy.
The number of bankruptcies among construction companies and fell again in the second quarter, the lowest in years. In total, 139
properties
The CBS puts on the positive message or a caveat:. The increase in the number of new houses for which an authorized move as yet not . The number of building permits being granted, is seen as an important indicator of future construction activity.
In the first and second quarters of 2015 restored the number of licenses granted itself from the lean years before. Then began to fall again. 11 373 permits were issued in the second quarter of this year. In the same period last year were that there are 15 343, more than a quarter less.
North Holland
The decline was particularly strong in the province of North Holland, an analysis of the CBS figures by Local Focus platform. There were issued in the second quarter of 2015 3.625 permits for new construction projects. In the same period this year were that only 2,196.
The difference between the first quarters of both years is even stronger: 3,073 licenses in the first three months of 2015 versus 1,341 permits in the first three months of this year.
The latter decline seems largely borne by Amsterdam, but also in Den Helder, Haarlem and Zaanstad is to discover the downward trend.
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