For five long years the advice to ambitious young construction staff looking for their next big move has been: leave the UK. But while there's no doubt the economic crisis left businesses cutting staff and spending cautiously, optimism is now rising in the UK construction industry. Turner & Townsend's International Construction Cost Survey 2013 report, published earlier this month, predicts 2014 will be the best year for construction since the financial crisis started. Construction output figures - despite the odd dip - are finally largely on the up. But after years of brain drain out of the UK, is this reversal in fortunes enough to bring aspiring construction professionals back to these shores?
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