by StuartWilks | Dec 16, 2020 | ConstructionCast
This week featured the ever-contentious subject of variations in construction contracts, hosted by Annie. You can take a look at the video recording below, or read our detailed write-up. Andy Hewitt of HDP opened the discussions. He notes there are fundamentally three...
by StuartWilks | Dec 1, 2020 | Marketing
Websites websites… Websites and website design are a funny thing. There are now approximately 1.1 billion websites in the world. So, you’ve quite a lot of competition if you want your site to be seen. Back in the ‘good old days’, people would code and design their own...
by StuartWilks | Nov 13, 2020 | ConstructionCast
This ConstructionCast came at the middle of an interesting week. As we continued lockdown in England, the USA gained a new President (even if the old one refused to believe it). We also had the exciting news that there might be a vaccine for COVID-19 sooner than we...
by StuartWilks | Oct 30, 2020 | Communications, Marketing
The first in a series of articles about effective writing for businesses and organisations, used with kind permission from Rod Sweet. Rod is a brilliant writer and construction journalist we’ve known for many years. He, like us, has a ‘thing’ about...
by Annie Clift | Oct 16, 2020 | ConstructionCast, Corporate Social Responsibility
What is CSR and Why Bother? This week we looked at CSR – Corporate Social Responsibility. We were joined by Bob Nightingale MBE, Head of Fundraising for The London Legal Support Trust. Bob is one of the founders of LLST, which you may be familiar with if you...
by StuartWilks | Oct 1, 2020 | ConstructionCast
This week, we took a look at insolvency – what are the risks, how can you manage them, and what has happened in the law since the start of 2020? Watch the video here, or read our full review below: David Birne of Opus Restructuring opened with a definition of...
by Annie Clift | Sep 18, 2020 | ConstructionCast
For our first session back after the summer break we were joined by David Rintoul, partner at solicitors Hill Dickinson and Mark Wheeler, Head of Diales, a consultancy which specialises in providing expert witness services to the construction industry. We started off...
by StuartWilks | Aug 13, 2020 | Marketing, Science in Marketing
A client once said to me, ‘I don’t get involved in marketing because there’s no science to it, and everyone has an opinion’. I’d agree with the second part, but the first part is arguably not correct. 20 years of writing, researching, learning and studying have taught...
by Annie Clift | Jul 28, 2020 | ConstructionCast, Uncategorized
This week we were joined by some of the UK and Ireland’s leading authorities on bidding, procurement and disputes. Jon Williams of Strategic Proposals, Sarah Hannaford QC of Keating Chambers and Marian Regan of Greenville Procurement Partners. Has COVID-19...
by StuartWilks | Jul 8, 2020 | ConstructionCast
A fantastic turnout for the latest in the series, and many thanks to our presenters John Delaney of Base Quantum, Sarah Hannaford of Keating Chambers, Éamonn Conlon and George Taft of Secretariat. You can watch the recording below, or simply catch up with our brief...
