Construction industry gossip: It's all in the timing

By Hansom2018-11-02T06:00:00

This week’s construction gossip: Not only are women refusing to put up with any more nonsense, but now a man can’t even trust his smartphone not to cause offence

Brief yet supportive

The man in charge of the construction brief at Whitehall – nope, the name didn’t spring to mind for me either – popped into a Construction Leadership Council briefing on the sector deal at the Westminster Conference Centre last week. My hack at the event noted he was there for a grand total of six minutes, but he did leave the 100-strong audience with these reassuring words: “I’m sorry this is a bit rushed from my side of things, but I did want to just pop round and say how much I support what we are doing in the construction industry with the sector deal.” Rest easy, everyone, construction minister Richard Harrington is really batting for us.

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