Following the press this week, your blogger observed some very mixed messages in the education sector. At the same time the trade magazines were heralding the very upbeat news that close to £1 billion pounds worth of school building...

Not that long ago, we all thought that we would never see petrol go over a pound a litre, and felt pretty safe in this knowledge – just how could it? That would be daylight robbery, surely? It will just never happen…

As we start 2011 at Plastic Surgeon, it is probably worth taking a look back as well as wondering what the New Year is going to bring for the construction industry...

Plastic Surgeon has an excellent record for staff retention, one of the reasons for this being that we have always taken health and safety very seriously, and evidence of this has now been verified by the fact that...

Devon Environmental Business Initiative (DEBI) is a non profit-making organisation and a registered charity, set up by business representatives to support other businesses in Devon. It is run by a board of cross-sectoral...

Scientists and politicians from around the world gathered in Cancun last week for the latest in a long series of Climate Change Summits, hoping to reach agreement on cutting the world’s carbon emissions; though once again...

Across the UK, everything has ground to a halt because of the unseasonably early snow – public transport was affected, motorways and schools closed. Many feel that this is down to global warming, while others will remember, back in the ‘70’s, the panic was that...

Fans of the cult Korean War comedy featuring such characters as Hawkeye, Trapper John and Klinger, will not need reminding that the acronym in the show’s titles stood for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital...

Ever since the Egan report and the launch of Rethinking Construction in the nineties, the industry has been talking about achieving zero defects, as well as zero waste and the avoidance of time loss or serious accidents...

Having a background in banking and finance – not to mention a growing portfolio of construction industry shares – Plastic Surgeon’s Managing Director, Rob Mouser takes a keen interest in market reports: frequently highlighting...