Construction industry gossip: Subversive elements

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So-called troublemakers speak shocking words at a contractor’s breakfast event

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Last week, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) hosted a soiree in the House of Lords to mark the launch of a new construction licensing taskforce, which is made up of 11 different trade bodies. The new chair of the taskforce, former British Property Federation boss Liz Peace, told attendees: “I spend my life herding cats, so I suppose I’m qualified.”

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