Insights

The Employment Rights Act 2025 is changing how employers across construction, real estate, infrastructure and engineering manage their workforce. Maria Sinclair, Managing Director at Cobalt Recruitment UK, explores the key reforms, implementation timelines and practical steps employers should take to prepare.

One year on, The Great North is moving from ambition to delivery. Explore the region's investment progress, evolving devolution landscape and the skills challenges shaping its future growth.

Cobalt’s latest Wednesday Market Insights explores how growing UK investment is increasing pressure on the built environment talent pipeline, from major Northern development opportunities to shortages in Project Planning.

Why are experienced construction planners so difficult to hire? Luke Kinsey explores the UK planning skills shortage, why traditional talent pools are shrinking, and how employers can build the next generation of planners.

Cobalt celebrates 25 years in business, from its beginnings in London in 2001 to an international group spanning multiple markets, brands and specialist recruitment services.

Where have all the MRICS Building Surveyors gone? Ashleigh Pearce explores the UK shortage, from an ageing workforce and chartership bottlenecks to pay pressures and what employers can do to strengthen the talent pipeline.

Real estate technology employers are competing with banks, consultancies and tech firms for the same specialist talent. Adam Parry explores what this means for hiring, retention and how employers can widen the talent pool.

From Real Estate Technology & Business Transformation to Building Surveying, talent pressures are taking different forms across the Built Environment. We look at what this means for employers, hiring strategies and the wider skills pipeline.

Updated August 2026 with the latest Savills and UBS data. Methodology and full sourcing at the end. Discover the world’s 10 most expensive cities to buy property, how the ranking has changed since 2019, and what rising property costs mean for employers hiring and relocating talent

Maria Sinclair, Managing Director UK at Cobalt Recruitment, explores why the built environment skills gap goes beyond recruitment, examining retention, career awareness, AI, apprenticeships and what the industry can do to build a stronger talent pipeline.

This week's Wednesday Market Insights explores renewed hiring confidence across UK real estate finance, rising workload pressures in facilities management, and what these market signals mean for recruitment across the built environment

The built environment’s workforce needs are becoming increasingly complex. This edition of Wednesday Market Insights explores the Map the Gap campaign, the growing importance of sustainability capability across the development lifecycle, and the evolving talent requirements of the later living sector.