The English language is, we are regularly told, a living entity. This is the basis for the annual debate regarding which piece of text speak, new acronym or trans-Atlantic TV script should be included in the updated Oxford English Dictionary. What is also interesting about the way our vocabulary has developed down...

As a specialist in the cosmetic repair of damaged building components, Plastic Surgeon’s bespoke services can often seem like a lifesaver to our clients when there are deadlines to be met, or the replacement of some item is just to complex to consider. On one job our Fine Finishers have tackled this month, though...

Following on from last week’s blog about how we keep a constant watch on what new products or finishes are being brought out, in case we ever have to repair them, Plastic Surgeon can report that Ecobuild appears to have been a resounding success; with lots of indications that both confidence and activity...

Ecobuild is arguably the construction industry’s most important show these days and there will be thousands of professionals making their way to Earls Court this week, looking to learn about the latest technologies for the built environment.

It has come to our attention at Plastic Surgeon just how much time, money and effort the construction industry is putting in to recycling components such as PVC-U windows and doors, with the whole process largely being driven by onerous Government legislation imposing financial penalties for failure.

If you are an avid fan of TV’s medical dramas like Holby City and Casualty, or just someone who takes notice of the national news, you cannot fail to have realised that the cleanliness and general state of repair in our hospitals is a major talking point.

School-children have for the past decade been taught about environmental matters: including greenhouse gases, energy saving and acid rain. The school curriculum from primary level through to the sixth form is almost unrecognisable from the narrow set of core subjects which were taught, back before...

The lengths to which proponents Global Warming theory will go to make their case was quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit and released 61 megs of confidential emails and files onto the internet.

By the time you read this, Burn’s Night will be well and truly over, the only memories lingering, perhaps, will be of haggis and neeps; plus the slight headache from quaffing too much Scotch during the celebrations. It would be interesting to know, though, how many people rushed out to buy that yearly bottle of whisky to toast the Scottish poet, and more importantly, where that wee dram came from.

Between the controversial business practices of ‘No-Win No-Fee’ personal injury lawyers, and the rising tide of claims resulting from extreme weather events such as flooding, it seems certain that everybody’s insurance premiums are set to rise sometime in the not too distant future. It’s all down to statistics and actuaries, but if the insurance companies are paying out more money, the only place they are going to recoup it is from the policy holders.