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It is a truth, universally, acknowledged, that once something hitherto unremarkable has been brought to your notice, you start to notice it more.

There appears to be some sort of election next week. So, in the interests of impartiality (which my regular readers will know is not something that comes easily to me), I've had a look through some of the manifestos to see what, if anything, the construction industry might be able to expect.

That nice man Brandon Lewis has said that as far as he is concerned a successful housing plan under the Tories will see the building of 1 million homes. Yes, One. Million. New. Homes.

We've all been there. Driving along a perfectly good road when - wham - the car gives a lurch when hits a pothole, leaving you a bit jittery at best or with a messed up tyre if you're unlucky.

Renewed urgency in implementing much-needed Sustainable Drainage systems that tackle surface water flooding can be achieved by adopting a more realistic and pragmatic understanding of the techniques available, drainage experts are urging.

The wet and stormy weather does not seem to show any signs of letting up, and the first thing that comes to mind is that merchants should stock plenty of bags and also the sand to fill them up with. But, despite the gloomy prognosis, we are hopefully not too far away from the onset…

We all want satisfied customers, but sometimes things do not turn out that way and customers have can encounter difficulties or problems with the products they have purchased.

To the casual observer, the Green Deal doesn't sound at all appealing. You probably won't save money, the loan is expensive and your house could fall in value. Some deal then...

Having returned from back to back political conferences in Brighton and Manchester I find myself very worried at the lack of ideas as to how we are going to create wealth and make our country "Great "again, and determined to find a way forward.

This is the week we've been waiting for .. it's Launch Week !