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A construction worker lays bricks at a Persimmon Plc residential property construction site in Cranfield, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The average price of a home rose 0.8 percent to 196,999 pounds ($292,100) from November, the most since April, Nationwide Building Society said in a statement released at the end of December. — A construction worker lays bricks at a Persimmon Plc residential property construction site in Cranfield, U.K., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The average price of a home rose 0.8 percent to 196,999 pounds ($292,100) from November, the most since April, Nationwide Building Society said in a statement released at the end of December.
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By Charlotte Ryan

May 10, 2017 at 11:01 PM UTC

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As employers warn of a looming skills shortage following Britain’s exit from the European Union, a “brickie visa” has been touted as the solution.