David Parsley

  • Features

    How the bonus became extinct: ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Hays Executive salary survey

    2008-11-07T00:00:00

    This year’s Hays Executive salary guide charts the dawn of the age of recession, in which the recruitment market is over-supplied and the bonus culture has gone the way of the dodo. David Parsley reports

  • Recent projects include the £2m sports centre at Handsworth Grange school, Sheffield
    News

    Wildgoose remains unflappable in trying times

    2008-05-30T00:00:00

    SME profile Derbyshire contractor resolute in face of economic downturn and OFT probe

  • Features

    Hays 2008 Consultants' salary and benefits guide

    2008-05-16T00:00:00

    If your staff room looks like this it’s safe to say that employers are still having to do all they can to retain talented staff. David Parsley introduces this year’s consultants’ salary guide with a look at some of the quirkier perks on offer

  • News

    Small housebuilders are facing ‘dire situation’

    2008-05-09T00:00:00

    After credit crunch claims three firms in a month, experts warn that more casualties will follow

  • Features

    Server farms: Where the internet lives

    2008-03-20T00:00:00

    They may look like simple sheds but server farms are the nerve centres of the digital age. And considering they can cost up to £1,000/ft2, building them is big business for M&E contractors. Report includes sustainability discussion

  • News

    A cast of thousands

    2007-11-12T00:00:00

    The trend towards retail-led, mixed-use schemes in city centres can be an organisational nightmare. With as many as 40 parties involved in some schemes, they need strong leadership, close collaboration and a lot of very careful planning.

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    Back to the future

    2007-11-12T00:00:00

    The heyday of the high street may be about to return, as developers turn against out-of-town retail parks and head back to the centres of places like Oxford, Bristol, even Cricklewood. But will it be just like the old days? Well, not exactly …

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    How Erinaceous was stopped in its tracks

    2007-10-12T00:00:00

    As many of its constituent QSs and architects prepare to buy their way out of the stricken property services group, David Parsley considers the future of the company that grew from nowhere to the verge of the FTSE 250, only for its addiction to acquisition to bring it to the ...