All Hansom articles – Page 7
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Hansom: Where the money is
Accountants charge up to £1,156 an hour to sort out Carillion, and an MP gets on stage to prove once again that politics is just showbusiness for ugly people
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Hansom: Ups and downs
From news stories to new storeys, Building’s former home is flattened for redevelopment, while a new office block in Clerkenwell just looks demolished
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Hansom: Lazy-hazy-crazy days
President Trump makes a few more lives difficult and Jacob Rees-Mogg assures us he’ll find a way to improve ours; meanwhile, everyone else just wants to put their out-of-office on and get away
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Hansom: Confusion reigns
Willmott Dixon’s suppliers confront their inner rubber ducks, and the waters rise at the Houses of Parliament
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Hansom: What a coincidence
England hung on in the World Cup for just long enough to inconvenience consultants’ party planning – and is it Big Ben’s lack of hands that has removed parliamentarians’ sense of urgency about Brexit?
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Hansom: For a better world
This week, women in construction stick the boot in, scientists harness the power of mushrooms for a more eco-friendly brick and the words ‘coffee mug’ get a whole new meaning
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Hansom: Industry exposure
The housing sector gets a dressing-down on The Archers, the leader of the Lib Dems unsettles the RIBA and Interserve skirts around the issue of a major loss. Well, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity …
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Hansom: Who, me?
Confusion reigns as a four-year-old building ends up with a RIBA award and the Commonwealth Games tries to keep the identity of its demolition contractor secret
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Hansom: Sharp words
Interserve chief Debbie White counters the verbal jabs of government with understatement, while even a toddler can see the lack of progress on a road upgrade
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Hansom: Breaking news
Haringey should take a look at Croydon to see how long it takes to build homes and there’s yet more bad news for Carillion employees
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Hansom: Mind your language
While Taylor Wimpey takes to literature to win over the nation’s youth to the construction cause, some people just need to wash their mouths out
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Hansom: Crazy for you
A Ferris wheel causes a little too much excitement, and a new book reveals the psychopathic secrets of chief executives’ success
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Hansom: It’s all in the timing
Carillion’s former finance boss is recognised for his judicious timing, while Willmott Dixon’s snapper captures just the right moment (smile!)
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Hansom: All directions
Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats
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Hansom: Funny business
Interserve’s finance director is good for a laugh – and the share price deal he got for himself certainly gives him something to smile about
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Hansom: Identity issues
Voltaire gets confused with Spider-Man, site hoardings sport mystery monikers in place of logos, and a minister almost dives headfirst into a – luckily only virtual – road that he’d mistaken for a swimming pool
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Hansom: The way things were
Ah, the olden days, when you could buy a house for £9 a week – and get planning permission to build one in less than eight weeks. This week, it’s all about nostalgia
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Hansom: Straight to the point
This week: sky-high asking prices at Centre Point, an enigmatic Libeskind video, and rail strikes make Parisians go green
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Hansom: Ground control
This week: dodgy moves for tackling the pay gap, Battersea Power Station lowers its profile, Hoover makes a clean sweep, and an old home finally bites the dust
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Hansom: Paxman-style tactics
For once I get the chance to use the phrase ‘health and safety gone mad’ justly, gender pay gap figures bring up unsaid questions and Interserve’s chief exec races against time