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23 October 2023

SUBCONTRACTING LABOUR, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ...

In the dynamic world of employment regulations, IR35 stands out as a significant topic that has captured attention in recent years. IR35 refers to ...
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23 October 2023

PERMANENT CONTRACTS -WHAT'S INCLUDED AND THE ...

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5 September 2023

What are the main barriers to ...

Decarbonisation is currently on everybody’s radar, with new solutions hitting the market thick and fast. “In previous years, the industry has waited ...
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7 August 2023

Who believes in net zero?

The result of the Uxbridge by-election clearly swung away from Labour because of determined local opposition to the extension of London’s Ultra-Low ...
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31 July 2023

Is Gove’s support for retrofit ‘pathetic’?

Two thirds of the whole life carbon of a building is embodied. The first third is in the creation of the building and the second in the replacement ...
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19 June 2023

Do Engineers dream of an ai assistant?

Is there any more controversial subject than the growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) right now? Even some of the so-called ‘AI godfathers’ ...
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14 June 2023

What gets an engineer out of bed in the ...

The supermodel Linda Evangelista famously said she wouldn’t get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. Great work if you can get it, writes BESA ...
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29 March 2023

Don’t let this retentions consultation be ...

Despite all the other bad economic news out there, late payment remains one of the biggest threats faced by construction SMEs, writes BESA’s director ...
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23 February 2023

So, there never was a plan

At the recent BESA President’s Lunch, we received confirmation of something most of us probably already knew – but it was instructive anyway, writes ...
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3 February 2023

BESA President Calls For ‘Crisis Engineering’

The UK should look to its engineering community for solutions to many of the serious social and economic challenges it is facing, according to the ...
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24 June 2022

How Pioneering Women Grew The Renewables ...

Guest blogger Jarne Veronica reflects on the crucial role played by women pioneers and inventors in the development of the modern renewable building ...
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23 June 2022

You Can’t Be, What You Can’t See

Alexandra Knight, founder of Stemazing – the organisation she set up to inspire greater diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths ...
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