Immigrants help the UK economy grow by 3 percent!

Migrant workers have added GBP36.7 billion - or 3% - to the UK wealth since 1997, independent research shows

Almost one-third of that was generated since the enlargement of the European Union in May 2004.

Euroresource International, a UK based international construction and engineering recruitment agency, has seen its revenues triple over the past 3 months.

'Employers are approaching me on a daily basis asking me if I can supply Polish workers', said Peter Levchenko, managing director of Euroresource.

'I'm only too happy to oblige but have to politely explain to them that I cannot advertise for Polish workers as this could be viewed as discrimination and as such I would be breaking the law.

The fact that my company website is in four languages, including Polish, helps - but I cannot help wondering why no-one has yet asked me for Lithuanian workers who are not only just as productive and skilled but tend to speak English better than their Polish contemporaries!'.

Euroresource International specialises in sourcing skilled construction workers and civil engineers for employers in the UK and Canada and have published several reports as well as a PowerPoint presentation which make a strong case for hiring workers from Eastern and Central Europe.

Interested parties can download this information, which is packed with authoritative statistics, from any of their websites at: www.euro-resource.co.uk , www.my-resource.co.uk , www.global-resource.org .

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