When privilege is green

National crises are often accompanied by the claim that we’re all in it together. Of course, the realities of life mean it is impossible that being ‘in it’ will be a universal experience. A case in point during the coronavirus crisis is access to, or ownership of, outdoor, especially green, space. What has been termed

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Crunching the numbers

One great thing about clients who go for competitor media monitoring is not only can they benchmark themselves against their opps; Facta also sees how we stand up against ours too. The first graph shows we won 52% of all coverage against four client competitors.

The second shows we smashed it again – in this case, our client won 52% of the ‘eyeballs’ over four competitors.

And finally. While EAV is a pretty old-fashioned measure, it still does a job in helping demonstrate RoI. Once again: Facta client vs. four competitors. Outcome: a whopping 54% of the press value to our client.

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Facta commits to civils partnership

Delighted to announce that Facta has been appointed by the UK’s leading manufacturer of sustainable drainage, water management and green infrastructure solutions. We’ve teamed up with Polypipe Civils & Infrastructure to roll out a new direction for the company and an innovation strategy that will shape the future of the entire water management industry. Our

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Social value: should we care?

Apparently, as it is moving up the agenda for both central and local government. This could be good news for small to medium size contractors – and now is the time to get prepared.

The Government wants to change its procurement rules so that those awarding contracts can take account of the value that companies and their services add to society. Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington launched a consultation on what the rules should be in March this year which ran until mid-June.

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Swinging the lead

Sad sign of the times when we go on site to be told “Don’t mention the lead” in a case study because of the sensitivity to theft.

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Cab for construction?

An article in the Financial Times suggested that the UK construction industry was approaching its ‘Uber moment’. The reason? The use of offsite production to slash programmes and cost. For those of us with long memories it’s easy to be cynical. We’ve heard this before. Remember Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott’s Design for Manufacture competition back in

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