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Engineering by Murray responds to the UK-EU defence deal, highlighting the opportunity for business growth via the SAFE fund but warning that without a strategy to tackle critical STEM skills shortages, its impact will be limited.
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Discover the 2025 Water Industry Labour Report – essential reading for water utilities, contractors and engineers. Backed by responses from 4,391 professionals, it reveals critical skills shortages, rising job mobility, and urgent workforce gaps affecting AMP8 project delivery.
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Water by Murray’s 2025 Labour Report reveals a deepening talent crisis in the UK water sector, with almost half of engineers citing skills shortages as the top challenge—and a third eyeing exit. Urgent action is needed as AMP8 begins.
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Struggling to hire water engineers for AMP8 delivery? Learn why contingent hiring, IR35 reform, and a new workforce strategy are essential to closing the skills gap and hitting project targets.
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Discover the biggest mistakes companies make in engineering recruitment and how to avoid them. Speed, clarity, and smart CV screening are key to hiring top engineers.
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With KKR poised to invest £4 billion into Thames Water, this article explores what the private equity deal could mean for the sector’s biggest employer—and how it might help tackle the critical skills shortage threatening AMP8 delivery and long-term industry growth.
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Water by Murray praises Thames Water’s bold transparency in the BBC documentary ‘Inside the Crisis’—but warns the sector needs more than honesty to restore trust. Read our full statement and what this means for future collaboration.
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Discover why blending permanent and contract recruitment is the key to building a stable yet agile workforce. Learn how a hybrid hiring model can enhance flexibility, manage costs, and future-proof your business.