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If you read these essays, you will like the Brief. My weekly email on leadership, talent and what is moving in UK construction and infrastructure, in your inbox every Saturday morning.
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Essays on leadership, hiring and careers in UK construction and infrastructure, and on the people who run its programmes.
Prime Minister Burnham and the Built Environment: What a Place-Led Government Could Mean for UK Construction
Whether or not he reaches Number 10, the shift his rise represents has real consequences for how, where and what we build.
The money is there. The people aren't.
There has rarely been more money in UK construction, and rarely less capacity to deliver it. A market letter on the people problem holding the sector back.
The Generation Standing Outside the Gate
Alan Milburn called them an anxious generation this week. Not a soft one. Not snowflakes. Anxious. And the difference between those two words is the whole argument.
The Quiet Fear of Working the Hard Way
The work that keeps you safe is often the work that keeps you stuck. On running a business, the fear of not knowing what you don't know, and closing the gap.
Quiet Exodus Tier One
Senior commercial and operational leaders are quietly leaving Tier 1 UK contractors. The four reasons driving the exodus and what it means for 2026.
From Tier One to Client Side: Making the Right Move
Every year, I have conversations with senior professionals working for Tier One contractors who are considering a move to the client side. Sometimes it is a major infrastructure client.
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