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The one-page spec I agree with every client before a name goes out: ten things you can evidence, five you would like, and the questions that test them.

130 senior construction vacancies are open right now, and 72 of them, well over half, sit with just two contractors: Mace and Balfour Beatty.

For the first time in a generation, a prime minister has said out loud what construction has been muttering for years.

Five UK water companies have changed chief executive inside a year. That is not coincidence, it is a sector resetting its leadership in the middle of AMP8.

Andy Burnham has backed a land value tax since 2010. He is now the likely next Prime Minister.

Most senior professionals in UK construction stay in roles too long. Not always, but often enough that the pattern is worth talking about.

One of the most expensive mistakes a senior professional can make in UK construction is joining a programme that turns out to be nothing like what was described at interview.

Every senior leader in UK construction eventually faces the same question. A critical role opens up. You have someone internal who is close to ready.

The single biggest predictor of whether a senior search will succeed has nothing to do with the recruiter you pick. It has nothing to do with the salary you offer.