Editor's Viewpoint Archives - Professional Builder

Accidents in UK construction
|Date: 25 May, 2022

Accidents in UK construction
With an equal measure of both mild amusement and self-righteous smugness, it has been known for us, on oc ...
With an equal measure of both mild amusement and self-righteous smugness, it has been known for us, on occasion, to revel in the misfortune of all those hapless DIYers whose botched attempts to improv ...
25 May, 2022
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New regulations to improve domestic ventilation and reduce emissions
|Date: 1 March, 2022

New regulations to improve domestic ventilation and reduce emissions
The irony will be completely lost on them, of course, but after a few months of apparent winter hibernati ...
The irony will be completely lost on them, of course, but after a few months of apparent winter hibernation (frosty mornings are clearly no place to be glued to the tarmac or train carriage) you can s ...
1 March, 2022
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Effects of poor communication in your business
|Date: 3 February, 2022

Effects of poor communication in your business
“We never hear from satisfied customers, only ever from those with an apparent axe to grind.” It’s a fami ...
“We never hear from satisfied customers, only ever from those with an apparent axe to grind.” It’s a familiar retort from many small business owners and one that will certainly resonate with a lot of ...
3 February, 2022
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A closer look at Professional Builder’s viewpoint predictions over the years
|Date: 11 January, 2022

A closer look at Professional Builder’s viewpoint predictions over the years
Incredibly, it’s been 21 years since Professional Builder first gazed longingly into its own crystal ball ...
Incredibly, it’s been 21 years since Professional Builder first gazed longingly into its own crystal ball to see what was in store for our readers during the next twelve months. So what better time th ...
11 January, 2022
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How is the rising cost of travel effecting tradespeople?
|Date: 21 December, 2021

How is the rising cost of travel effecting tradespeople?
It was Jose Mourinho in his pomp who came up with the immortal line that teams coming to play his all-con ...
It was Jose Mourinho in his pomp who came up with the immortal line that teams coming to play his all-conquering Chelsea team would invariably park the bus at Stamford Bridge. Well, these days you wou ...
21 December, 2021
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Current conditions of the UK as we approach winter
|Date: 15 November, 2021

Current conditions of the UK as we approach winter
Let’s be honest, Corporal Jones himself couldn’t have made a more botched job of calming the UK collectiv ...
Let’s be honest, Corporal Jones himself couldn’t have made a more botched job of calming the UK collective anxiety in the face of what seems to be one self-inflicted adversity after another. The haple ...
15 November, 2021
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Is the education system effecting the skills shortage?
|Date: 18 October, 2021

Is the education system effecting the skills shortage?
So, there it was, some uplifting news at long last. Against all the odds, closed classrooms, home schooli ...
So, there it was, some uplifting news at long last. Against all the odds, closed classrooms, home schooling and isolation to name but a few, the recent round of GCSE and A-Level pass rates were off th ...
18 October, 2021
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Celebrating 40 years of Professional Builder
|Date: 26 November, 2018

Celebrating 40 years of Professional Builder
It was exactly forty years ago this month that the foundations for Professional Builder magazine were lai ...
It was exactly forty years ago this month that the foundations for Professional Builder magazine were laid and, despite some pretty seismic economic shockwaves along the way, they have more than stood ...
26 November, 2018
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Stock in Trade
|Date: 10 October, 2018

Editor’s Viewpoint: Stock in Trade
The overall level of housebuilding activity in the country, the quality and extent of repair and maintena ...
The overall level of housebuilding activity in the country, the quality and extent of repair and maintenance and measures to encourage occupiers to improve their properties are all vital issues for th ...
10 October, 2018
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Viewpoint: Happy Families
|Date: 3 July, 2018

Viewpoint: Happy Families
It was one of Africa’s most famous sons, the Anglican Bishop and human rights activist, Desmund Tutu who ...
It was one of Africa’s most famous sons, the Anglican Bishop and human rights activist, Desmund Tutu who memorably first identified the crucial role being part of a strong family unit plays in achievi ...
3 July, 2018
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Editor’s Viewpoint: The Golden Rule
|Date: 4 November, 2016

Editor’s Viewpoint: The Golden Rule
Over the years, it has always struck us just how many so called clichés turn out to have more than ...
Over the years, it has always struck us just how many so called clichés turn out to have more than a ring of truth about them. Apart from, that is, that football commentator who declared that o ...
4 November, 2016
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Editor’s Viewpoint: Use Your Machination
|Date: 26 August, 2016

Editor’s Viewpoint: Use Your Machination
“Robots don’t ever go sick, they don’t take holidays and they never quibble about their terms and conditi ...
“Robots don’t ever go sick, they don’t take holidays and they never quibble about their terms and conditions.” It’s a phrase we hear time and again on our regular tours of manufacturing facilities thr ...
26 August, 2016
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The Magnificent Seven!
|Date: 20 June, 2016

The Magnificent Seven!
Exactly five years ago, in the darkest depths of recession, we had the brainwave to launch a totally new ...
Exactly five years ago, in the darkest depths of recession, we had the brainwave to launch a totally new trade journal delivered through the UK’s leading construction colleges to provide the very late ...
20 June, 2016
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A Criminal Waste
|Date: 18 May, 2016

A Criminal Waste
Forget late payment, difficult customers, red tape and unfair competition. As damaging as all of these ar ...
Forget late payment, difficult customers, red tape and unfair competition. As damaging as all of these are in trying to run a successful small construction company, it seems that the biggest threat to ...
18 May, 2016
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“Sites” For Sore Eyes
|Date: 8 April, 2016

“Sites” For Sore Eyes
As a vision, 2020 certainly has a rather nice clarity to it. And the Government’s latest initiatives to c ...
As a vision, 2020 certainly has a rather nice clarity to it. And the Government’s latest initiatives to create 200,000 new homes annually by that magic date will clearly have caught the blinking eye o ...
8 April, 2016
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What Price Progress? The Double Edged Sword of Cheaper Materials
|Date: 18 February, 2016

What Price Progress? The Double Edged Sword of Cheaper Materials
What effect is the artificially low cost of building materials having on the building industry? Can we re ...
What effect is the artificially low cost of building materials having on the building industry? Can we really sustain an industry based on a price promise that seems a little too good to be true? At f ...
18 February, 2016
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