Fans of TV programmes such as Property Ladder or Grand Designs might have noticed there is a key ambition shared by many of the aspiring developers, self-builders and house-hunters in general. And it has nothing to do with the energy efficiency, the number of bathrooms, or even the location.
 

While the papers and news broadcasts have been full for the last fortnight, relating stories of world leaders and environmental campaigners having meetings through the night to hammer out a deal at the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Plastic Surgeon has been keeping up its own round-the-clock efforts to save the planet.

While the Fine Finishers – as per usual – were plying their trade up and down the length of the country, back at the company’s head office, the company’s top trainer, Ian, was turning his attention to a rather different class of candidates.

 

An urgent repair carried out recently by a couple of our Fine Finishers at a hotel in the south west started me wondering about how our work ought to be classified. Basically rain had been getting through a car park deck into the swimming pool hall of the Derwent Hotel in Torquay; unfortunately causing some quite serious...