Why is nobody talking about margin?
July 23, 2024
Throughout the course of a career there will be certain topics of conversation that seem to ebb and flow with the tides of time. One minute they are all anyone seems to be talking about, and the next they have fallen out of fashion. There are often no discernible reasons as ...
As we welcome in a new political era, is it time we re-think the way we deliver national infrastructure?
July 5, 2024
The TV show Grand Designs has been gracing our TV screens for almost 25 years, providing us a window into the life of those people who dare to build their dream home. From a converted water tower to a lighthouse, or a house made out of shipping containers, Kevin McCloud has ...
To bond or not to bond, that is the [real] question?
June 25, 2024
I promise you, whole heartedly, that I was going to write about something else this week. I had in my mind a vision of something exciting and interesting, perhaps about new projects, current market trends or changes in law. Basically, anything other than what I am about to d...
Given the delicate state of the UK economy, along with a somewhat banal game of party political electoral tennis, you could be forgiven for thinking that the upcoming election, and potential changing of the guard, might just lead to more of the same unpredictable drudgery we...