On the misleading branding of air conditioning
How can you tell if the product you are buying is the real McCoy? David Dunn, general manager of Toshiba Air Conditioning, highlights a concerning trend and warns buyers to beware.
View ArticleAll stressed up and nowhere to go
With the public sector reeling from news that it faces massive financial cuts following George Osborne's Comprehensive Spending Review it is surely incumbent upon us all to do what we can to help our...
View ArticleCleaning up
Just received a press release. I kid you not, this is genuinely how it begins:
View ArticleSetting the standard for success
Are all continental Europeans completely crazy? Do you remember the case of the banana whose curvature was strictly defined? Or the bizarre attempt to cut leeks down to size? Or the Kit Kats that...
View ArticleConceptualising a new paradigm
My first comment for H&V Review just three short months ago was all about the increasing incidence of corporate bull.
View ArticlePlugging holes in the Net
Just 20 short years ago, a web address was where Spiderman lived, and spam was a canned meat product immortalised in a wacky Monty Python song...
View ArticleDeveloping a leading edge
Many people are - like Martin Burton, the president of the HVCA - becoming members of organisations such as the Institute of Leadership and Management...
View ArticleProcurement puzzler
It can be difficult to dislodge traditional procurement practices because of inertia, conservatism and poor advice from lawyers...
View ArticleA great cure for heartburn
Energy does all the consuming, but it is our planet that ends up with the indigestion...
View ArticleThe first cut isnt the deepest
The cuts havent yet started to bite and it will get a whole lot worse before it gets better...
View ArticleLooking for clues...
My interview this month with Gerry Samuelsson-Brown, long-serving researcher at the highly respected fact-finding organisation and consultancy BSRIA, got me thinking about research and its true...
View ArticleHeated debate over refrigerants
Subscribers to our LinkedIn group (http://linkd.in/l4S2QT) have been getting hot under the collar about refrigerant prices recently.
View ArticlePrefab sprouts
UK construction is reckoned to spend a staggering £1 billion a year on prefabrication. However, of this, a mere £45 million is spent on building services plant and pipework. Why?
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