Bricking up the skills gap

You may well have stepped inside one of The Byrne Group’s projects. From the Emirates Stadium and Wimbledon All England Tennis Club, to the Lakeside Shopping Centre and O2 arena, the construction services and project management firm has been involved in some of the UK’s most successful buildings.

But The Byrne Group operates in a sector facing many challenges. Construction has been hit hard by the economic slowdown, with many of the group’s competitors announcing job cuts in their hundreds, even thousands, in recent months.