Posts Tagged ‘downturn’

New Year New Hopes for Civil Engineering

So it’s January 2009 now and we’ve all been back at work for at least a week. I hope you were able to have a relaxing time over Christmas and New Year, because it sure looks like it’s going to be a really tough year in 2009. If people were being gloomy about the economy [...]

Nick Raynsford Talks up Civils

Well I am no politico, but I did find myself agreeing with a lot of what Nick Raynsford MP has to say at today’s keynote speech. He started by telling Faisal Islam, the conference chair and Channel 4’s Economics Correspondent that politicians and the media are talking up the downturn too much. Well, he would [...]