August Overview – Robin Thorpe

August Overview – Robin Thorpe

  Just a couple of weeks ago I was at the CESW awards in Bristol; yet again it was a great showcase of the interesting projects that are going on across our region. It was the first time for a few years that a project or organisation from Dorset hasn’t been on...
Gallagher sponsors Leadership Dinners for a third year

Gallagher sponsors Leadership Dinners for a third year

  Gallagher has proudly sponsored the Constructing Excellence South West (CESW) Leadership Dinners for the past two years, and we’re delighted to be bringing them back for another year in 2024. Whilst we are a global business, we are also a local broker, and...
An industry of Service and Servant Leadership

An industry of Service and Servant Leadership

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to build a “government of service”, a mission-driven government with a real sense of purpose, a force for good, and a return to public service. In recent years there has been a growing realisation that construction projects...
Policy update from CE National – 5th July

Policy update from CE National – 5th July

The Labour Party wins the General Election The Labour Party has won the General Election with a landslide of at least 412 seats at the time of writing. This is the worst result the Conservative Party has ever faced, losing over 250 seats. The underlying numbers...
Policy update from CE National – 5th July

Policy update from CE National – 28th June

ELECTION UPDATE Labour On Monday (24 June), Shadow Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband pledged to scrap the current 2035 gas boiler ban if Labour form a government. In an interview with The Telegraph, Miliband heavily criticised heat pump uptake under...
Policy update from CE National – 5th July

Policy update from CE National – 21st June

Election update The Scottish National Party and Reform UK have this week published their election manifestos, marking the final publications from key parties before the election. See below for a summary of the manifestos published this week: The Scottish National...