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Read MoreThursday, May 11, 2017
Is diversity a purely moral and social issue that we have a duty to address – or is it actually the key to our sector’s future prosperity? BESA’s legal and commercial director Rob Driscoll explains. For BESA and our members, it stands to reason that in order to have the best possible sector; we must attract new entrants from a diverse talent pool. Businesses perform better when they reflect the...
Read MoreThursday, April 20, 2017
I suspect quite a few people reacted in a similar fashion to the latest internet sensation ‘Brenda from Bristol’ when the PM shocked the nation with her announcement of a snap General Election. “What…not another one!” has been adopted as a slogan by many voters wearied by two years of unprecedented political turmoil, but will another election really make that much difference to us as an...
Read MoreThursday, January 5, 2017
The current industrial revolution caused by the disruptive nature of integrated technology is not a new subject to BESA, but it is interesting that in the last six months construction as an immature market in this area seems to be emerging from the place of denial into the epiphany. Inevitably this is leading to the next big challenge – CHOICE! – how does any organisation make the right choices...
Read MoreMonday, October 10, 2016
Business leaders have savaged a proposed policy championed by Home Secretary Amber Rudd that would force UK employers to discriminate in favour of local job applicants against workers from overseas. She unveiled her foreign workers’ proposal at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, but was on the defensive just 24-hours later in the face of widespread accusations of racism. Adam...
Read MoreFriday, September 16, 2016
BESA welcomes the news that the government has, after all the delays and uncertainty, given the green light to building Hinkley Point C, the UK’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation. The go-ahead, confirmed on 15 September, is economic good news because Hinkley Point will become the largest construction project in the UK. The company behind the project, EDF, says it will provide 25,000...
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