‘Government flip-flopping on climate has cost us work’: Ramboll’s Philippa Spence on what she wants from UK politicians

By Tom Lowe2024-04-22T06:00:00

The UK managing director talks to Tom Lowe about the impact that government dithering over net zero policy has had on her firm and the industry as a whole over the past five years

“It hasn’t been easy for the past three years. It hasn’t been easy for the past five years…”

Philippa Spence is reflecting on her experience at the top of the UK construction sector since joining Ramboll in 2019. Working through this period of turbulence – from the pandemic to economic stagnation and high inflation – has been “exhausting”, the firm’s UK managing director admits. But the hardest part? Dealing with politicians.

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