Opinion – Page 272
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CommentAre customers loyal or just too lazy to go elsewhere?
Our marketing expert explains how earn loyalty from your customers
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FITs: Time for a rational response
Feed-in tariffs should have been brought down gradually over a period of time instead of the knee-jerk reaction we’ve seen
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Interview: The most influential surveyor on Twitter
Ben Muir of chartered building surveyor Avalon topped the first tCnRICS100 list of most influential users of Twitter
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CommentMy Digital Life: Erland Rendall
A forward thinker, it’s not just apps and tweeting that gets Erland’s digital buzz going
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CommentHansom: hitting the big time
The lure of celebrity proves too much to resist as industry members rub shoulders with Strictly contestants, reveal their own love of performing and start morphing into famous figures themselves
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CommentSafety in numbers
Nobody is safe from the acquiring arms of foreign firms (apart from architects), but is this the grisly end of UK independence or just small companies fighting for survival?
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... At construction rocks
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
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Inbox: On balance
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
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CommentThe big time
You’ve got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
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CommentFITs due a haircut but government has butchered PVs
There is some merit in cutting subsidies for a technology with falling costs but a sudden U-turn seriously harms sector
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CommentIf the Government wants to a boost from construction it better be quick about it
Government rhetoric suggests long-term investment in infrastructure - it needs to act quickly before a construction recession sheds jobs and skills
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CommentPre-action disclosure: PHD Modular Access Services vs Seele GmbH
Think carefully before seeking pre-action disclosure, as it will only be granted where court proceedings are anticipated
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2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentDon't look now
The outlook for 2012 is gloomy but key government policy initiatives could provide the boost to confidence that the industry needs
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CommentArchitectual competitions: Judgement day
Those judging architectural competitions need to be wise, ethical and very well informed. That’s why the tittle-tattle of public opinion should be ignored
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CommentHansom: Talk to my agent
Cocktails and canapes in a tent, a fish and chip supper and a spot on prime-time TV. Sounds like a lifestyle for a B-list celeb, not a day in the life of a contractor
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CommentWonders and Blunders with Karen Kirkham
Karen Kirkham uses her daily commute to size up passing buildings. She finds Battersea Power Station has a dignity even in decay whereas the MI6 building is indestructibly pompous
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Inbox: Trials and tribulations
The problems facing the industry this week are low margin rewards, high prices for utilities, fierce competition in the UK from overseas companies and the technicalities of BIM