Christmas – it’s the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ – I mean when else can you acceptedly drink champagne at 5am as the kids open their presents whilst still wishing you’d not drank the last bit of Santa’s port just a few hours earlier? It’s the time of the year where many of us […]
I’m often asked why I started Genesis Homes (some days I wonder myself!) Joking aside, most of my working life has been spent contracting for large house builders and I became increasingly frustrated that the process was by no means perfect, often disorganised, and produced an uninspiring product. Genesis Homes was formed with a simple […]
I have just read with interest statistics released by Department for Education that show there has been a 24 per cent fall in apprenticeship starts for the 2017/18 academic year compared with the previous academic year. I think most construction companies share the same concerns as us over how we attract people into the industry, […]
Focus, holding your nerve, taking new approaches, keeping your eye on the target… During my time as a budding professional rugby player, these words served as my mantra. Now, as managing director of a new home developer, they do just the same. I’m often struck by the similarities between sporting and business worlds, some of […]