Hansom: Time out

By Hansom2018-08-31T06:00:00

Costain’s CEO refreshingly forgets about Brexit, and Lendlease’s boss is on a well-earned break. Meanwhile, for those who are slogging away, the Spurs stadium is the place to be…

Blanking Brexit

It’s vexing to the UK’s political establishment (and the Daily Mail), but not everyone is in a tizzy about Brexit. Take Andrew Wyllie, chief executive over at Costain, who doesn’t seem particularly bothered by the whole “leaving the European Union” thing. Regulatory demands were driving spending, Wyllie told one of my hacks last week as the contractor announced its first-half results, and there’s its shift in focus towards exploiting the growth of technology in infrastructure, water and energy markets. OK, so Brexit: a good or bad thing, my colleague asked Wyllie. “We don’t spend a lot of time thinking about it,” he replied. “If only …”, sighs the rest of the country, collectively.

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