Past Issues

Every issue of The Lechley Brief, from the first.

17 issues so far. Each one is the week in UK construction leadership as I saw it: the senior moves, the contract awards that set off hiring, the searches on my desk and one useful thing to take into the week. Read any of them in full below.

Issue 15Every downturn cuts training. Students will test it.Two groups of business students and an economics class are about to test what construction thinks it knows about young people and the skills gap.Issue 14Contracts land, housebuilders bleedContract awards more than doubled in August while starts fell, the Building Safety Levy went live, and Crest Nicholson's lenders bought more time.Issue 13Martin Ewing leaves McAlpine for McLaren after 22 yearsMartin Ewing leaves McAlpine after 22 years to run construction management at McLaren, and why that move matters.Issue 12Three to teach, three to learnA morning with Mike Mansfield, three to teach and three to learn, and the week two contractors folded while public bodies opened billions.Issue 11The Exchange is open: three to teach, three to learnWhat actually got you your last promotion? Vote with one tap. Plus week two of the data centre search and the Exchange.Issue 10Back, and September is already busyThree weeks off, a new retained search in data centres, and the senior moves you missed.Issue 9The hospital boom reaches the supply chainHospital procurement opens, Balfour Beatty's strong half, and this week's senior moves.Issue 8The Lechley Community is open. Eleven career pathways, free.Eleven career pathways, free, plus the news, the moves and the mentoring register. The Lechley Community is open.Issue 7Eleven hospitals signed. Now the hiring starts.Eleven hospitals signed, Morgan Sindall's record half, and July's senior moves.Issue 6What Morgan Sindall's record half tells you about hiringA record half from Morgan Sindall, a £100m defence award, and three senior moves worth noting.Issue 5The MOD just committed £26bn. Start your clearance now.£29bn of public money committed in five days, and what it means for where the jobs go.Issue 4I am looking for mentors, and namesOpening a mentoring strand in the Lechley Community. I need mentors, and I need names.Special editionA million locked out. A quarter of a million needed.Three months in the Netherlands, and the one lesson Britain keeps refusing to learn.Issue 3The week the conversations all pointed abroadHealthcare is the hottest leadership seat in construction right now, at home and abroad. Plus McAlpine's new health boss, the A46 shock, and the live roles on my desk.Issue 2Healthcare leadership, on both sides of the AtlanticWhy senior construction pay has broken the published guides, plus healthcare leadership across the Atlantic and the moves worth knowing.Issue 1Why speed is winning the best construction leaders right nowWelcome to The Lechley Brief: a new look, a new website, and the week in construction leadership.

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