All articles by Sarah Richardson – Page 3
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CommentHousing: Time to get serious
If the government is serious about tackling the housing crisis more needs to be done
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CommentGood Employer Guide 2016: Keeping the wheels turning
This year’s guide shows the active steps construction’s top employers are taking to increase the appeal of the industry to new recruits
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CommentAutumn Statement: Gently does it
The chancellor’s abandonment of the deficit target does not herald an era of public spending largesse, but clearly housing and infrastructure will benefit from an investment boost
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NewsConstruction Leadership Council launches ‘simplified’ agenda
Fresh agenda due to be outlined by co-chair Andrew Wolstenholme to business leaders this week
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CommentYou want it darker?
Economic uncertainty is growing, leaving market sentiment finely balanced
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CommentBrexit’s gaping holes
Construction faces the prospect of losing large chunks of its workforce because of Brexit
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CommentHeathrow: The Great British take-off
The government has at least followed the advice of the Davies Commission, but the prospect of a long consultation is concerning
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CommentFarmer Review: Telling it as it is
Mark Farmer’s review outlines familiar problems but is hopefully the spark for powerful change
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CommentTheresa May: The record so far
The first three months of Theresa May’s tenure has seen her strong early promise soured
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CommentThe darling buds of May
Theresa May’s Brexit announcement provides clarity but raises concerns
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CommentHousing: Beyond slogans
The need to focus on housing affordability and delivery couldn’t have been clearer
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CommentRecruitment: Hire education
The temptation, given such overwhelming demand, is to continue planned recruitment drives
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CommentBrexit: The slow burn
Exclusive research by Building shows the construction industry may be slowing down faster than we think after the Brexit vote
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CommentSchool places: Tricky equations
The shortage of school places may have become a familiar headache, but there still seems to be hope within Whitehall
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CommentMcAlpine: Like one of the family
The decision of the intensely private, family-run business to hand control to an outsider by appointing the first chief executive in its 147-year history was a momentous shift in strategy
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CommentNuclear: The powers that be
The latest delay with the Hinkley nuclear power station is, for many, the most galling of all
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CommentLondon 2012: A belief in the afterlife
A tour around the Olympic park in Stratford gives instant proof that east London has avoided having its ambition trampled by the blight of many past Olympic legacies
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CommentPaddington pole gets cut down to size
From the Paddington Pole to Theresa May’s cabinet, both appear to be busily wielding an axe
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CommentReading the signals from our new PM
Theresa May’s abrupt arrival in Britain’s top job should, at the very least, restore some sense of stability to the country’s leadership
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CommentBrexit: Dominoes start falling
Just a fortnight after the UK voted to leave the European Union, the construction industry is starting to feel a nasty pinch