色猫直播 Podcast
25 April 2025
A fortnightly podcast in which veteran construction industry journalists Bishop and Taylor have a natter about some of the week鈥檚 events in the UK construction industry, seeking meaning even where none may exist.
16th April 2025
In this episode stonemason Pierre Bidaud of The Stone Collective promotes the benefits of natural stone as a structural building material.聽 Also, Bishop & Taylor discuss the crisis at British Steel (and whether it matters) and marvel at coffee-infused cement.
2nd April 2025
Bishop & Taylor discuss some of the talking points from chancellor Rachel Reeves鈥� recent spring statement, the formation of new government bodies, and the rise of pine.
19th March 2025
Bishop & Taylor discuss government鈥檚 efforts to reduce regulatory hurdles, the challenges facing the UK cement sector and a proposal to lower the school leaving age to 14 in Scotland
5th March 2025
Bishop & Taylor discuss the government鈥檚 response to the Grenfell Inquiry鈥檚 final report and juxtapose this with the forgotten Cole Report report into a primary school wall collapse.
19th February 2025
In this episode, Bishop & Taylor discuss exploding batteries, how the one-year-old biodiversity net gain (BNG) rules are bedding in, and a call from steel companies for clients to buy British
5th February 2025
In a landmark speech last week, chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves voiced support for Heathrow鈥檚 long-range third runway plan but may have killed the shovel-ready Lower Thames Crossing. Bishop & Taylor chew it over. They also mourn the demise of the SGB brand (Scaffolding Great Britain, as was).
22nd January 2025
In this episide Bishop & Taylor discuss a thwarted attempt to make solar panels compulsory on all new houses, RIBA鈥檚 support a contractor licensing scheme and the latest examples of companies having a rethink about their plant operations.
8th January 2025
Bishop & Taylor share their expectations for the UK construction industry in 2025, including a raft of major government initiatives, from NISTA to new towns.
11th December 2024
In their last episode of the year, Bishop & Taylor look back on some of the highs and lows of the year: the change in government and what it has brought, the Grenfell Inquiry report, the fall of ISG, the birth of Barratt Redrow, the six-thousand-tonne crane鈥� and more besides.
27th November 2024
Bishop & Taylor discuss plans to for the provision of fast-track construction apprentices, the latest HSE statistics (shouldn鈥檛 musculoskeletal disorders be classified as injuries rather than illnesses?), and the small London company with a letter of intent for 10,000 prefab homes.
