All articles by Hansom – Page 5
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CommentHansom: For a better world
This week, women in construction stick the boot in, scientists harness the power of mushrooms for a more eco-friendly brick and the words ‘coffee mug’ get a whole new meaning
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CommentHansom: Industry exposure
The housing sector gets a dressing-down on The Archers, the leader of the Lib Dems unsettles the RIBA and Interserve skirts around the issue of a major loss. Well, they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity …
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CommentHansom: Who, me?
Confusion reigns as a four-year-old building ends up with a RIBA award and the Commonwealth Games tries to keep the identity of its demolition contractor secret
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CommentHansom: Sharp words
Interserve chief Debbie White counters the verbal jabs of government with understatement, while even a toddler can see the lack of progress on a road upgrade
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CommentHansom: Breaking news
Haringey should take a look at Croydon to see how long it takes to build homes and there’s yet more bad news for Carillion employees
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CommentHansom: Mind your language
While Taylor Wimpey takes to literature to win over the nation’s youth to the construction cause, some people just need to wash their mouths out
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CommentHansom: Crazy for you
A Ferris wheel causes a little too much excitement, and a new book reveals the psychopathic secrets of chief executives’ success
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CommentHansom: It’s all in the timing
Carillion’s former finance boss is recognised for his judicious timing, while Willmott Dixon’s snapper captures just the right moment (smile!)
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CommentHansom: All directions
Jeremy Corbyn ventures southwards while HS2 mixes up England and Scotland and a New York seller is resorting to launching customers into space to flog flats
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CommentHansom: Funny business
Interserve’s finance director is good for a laugh – and the share price deal he got for himself certainly gives him something to smile about
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CommentHansom: Identity issues
Voltaire gets confused with Spider-Man, site hoardings sport mystery monikers in place of logos, and a minister almost dives headfirst into a – luckily only virtual – road that he’d mistaken for a swimming pool
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CommentHansom: The way things were
Ah, the olden days, when you could buy a house for £9 a week – and get planning permission to build one in less than eight weeks. This week, it’s all about nostalgia
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CommentHansom: Straight to the point
This week: sky-high asking prices at Centre Point, an enigmatic Libeskind video, and rail strikes make Parisians go green
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CommentHansom: Ground control
This week: dodgy moves for tackling the pay gap, Battersea Power Station lowers its profile, Hoover makes a clean sweep, and an old home finally bites the dust
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CommentHansom: Paxman-style tactics
For once I get the chance to use the phrase ‘health and safety gone mad’ justly, gender pay gap figures bring up unsaid questions and Interserve’s chief exec races against time
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CommentHansom: Finding the right words
There’s a bit of confusion over Al Pacino, the large crowd expected at Persimmon’s AGM could leave directors struggling for explanation, and an MP practises straight talking
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CommentHansom: Being vocal
People aren’t shy with their opinions as bosses at Balfour and Galliford Try voice regrets, an investor expresses views on everything – but one man just wants peace and quiet
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CommentHansom: Not a good look
While the picture in the Carillion inquiries gets ever muddier – not helped by an excess of Watsons – over at Apple, employees are seeing too clearly for their own good and have the bruises to prove it
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CommentHansom: Reality bites
BoJo grows ever more self-deluded – but he’s not the only chap kidding himself. Mind you, we all needed an escape from reality last week, as the big chill froze up everything from insolvency helplines to hot lunches
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CommentHansom: Knock knock
While Carillion and its auditors continue to be verbally demolished by MPs, a former residence of mine could prove harder to knock down – while at my new home in Shoreditch, the writing is on the wall