When the UK leaves the EU, the Government has stressed that it will maintain workers’ rights by ensuring that the extensive health and safety regulations built up over many years continue to provide an unchanged high level of workplace protection. Jon Herbert investigates. As part of a smooth health and safety transition at every level   Read More …

Jon Herbert looks at how the Government is tackling the current housing crisis. The Government and its agencies will be intervening on a large scale to bring together the pieces needed to build hundreds of thousands of new homes annually during the next five years. They will be built on vital public and private land   Read More …

What role does mustard play in air travel? Would you expect to find it in tasty sandwiches or fuel tanks? The answer is, both. But although Qantas has used a 10% mustard blend in its renewable fuels, biofuels generally pose complex environmental challenges. Jon Herbert reports. Biofuels are part of the clean energy revolution where   Read More …

Jon Herbert considers the Autumn Budget for 2018 in terms of the construction sector. There was a broad business and construction consensus that the 2018 Autumn Budget brought some good news, created some frustration and will very probably pave the way to a second Budget with more significant measures in spring 2019 when Brexit is   Read More …

We have 12 years to stop the world from overheating by cutting global warming an extra half a degree, climate scientists warn. The response of the planet’s largest carbon emitters has been “cool”, but in the wrong way. Can the UK Government and UK business make a difference? Jon Herbert reports. Should we change our   Read More …