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This article examines aspects of recent employment decline in the UK architecture and surveying sectors, using material from an in-depth survey of 50 firms. The nature and causes of job losses and associated employment restructuring in these sectors are discussed. Comparisons of the experience of employment decline between smaller and larger professional property services firms, and between architecture and surveying firms, are made. Explanations for recent employment decline and restructuring in UK architecture and surveying include the severe impact of the 1990-92 recession on the construction industry, and the changing nature of the market for professional property services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "A Business and Labour History of Britain: Case Studies of Britain in the 19th and 20th Centuries," edited by Mike Richardson and Peter Nicholls.