Podcast
15 June 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.
1st November 2023
Bishop & Taylor discuss Mace鈥檚 proposals to move London construction from mere recycling to the more virtuous state of circularity. They also chat about likely motives for the sale of piling specialist Rock & Alluvium. They conclude with a report that reckons a fifth of UK construction companies are in significant financial distress, and worry how many will survive.
18th October 2023
Bishop & Taylor mull over Labour Party leader Keir Starmer鈥檚 promise to get Britain building again and the National Infrastructure Commission鈥檚 blueprint that might help him.聽 They also return to the topic of dodgy ladders, with new research form the Ladder Association.
4th October 2023
Bishop & Taylor discuss the cancellation of HS2鈥檚 northern section and the prime minister鈥檚 policy reversals on net zero targets.
20th September 2023
Bishop & Taylor are joined by Balfour Beatty sustainability director Jo Gilroy for a chat about decarbonising construction machinery and the promise of hydrogen.
6th September 2023
Bishop & Taylor return to the familiar topics of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) and nutrient neutrality, both in the news. Fears of RAAC panels collapsing has prompted the closure of more than 100 school buildings and now more and more building owners are following suit. Rules that prevent houses being built where excessive nutrient run-off might pollute waterways are to be swept away, the government has decided. The final topic in this episode is the increasing obsolescence of power tools with plugs and cables.
23rd August 2023
After a whinge about companies trying to interfere with their journalistic integrity, Bishop & Taylor get onto the real business of this episode 鈥� the 2023 Top 100 ranking of UK construction contractors, as featured in the forthcoming September issue of 色猫直播 magazine. They also discuss Sir Robert McAlpine鈥檚 version of the Barbie movie.
9th August 2023
Bishop & Taylor discuss the latest tangles over switching from CE to UKCA product certification and the Transport Select Committee report on road-building. They also discuss repairs to Brentford鈥檚 modular Paragon Estate and latest results from volumetric house-builder TopHat聽
26th July 2023
With industry forecasts this week predicting a 7% fall in construction output, much rests on Michael Gove鈥檚 latest raft of intitiatives. Bishop & Taylor chew the fat on this. They also revisit the Inland Homes story on corporate governance and 鈥渞elated party matters鈥�.
12th July 2023
Refreshed from a month off the airwaves [which is how they think podcasts are delivered], Bishop & Taylor discuss the A47 court challenge. They also expose how UK taxpayers support overseas construction companies instead of British ones. And they share concerns about how landlords use technology to educate their tenants.
14th June 2023
Among topics covered in Bishop & Taylor鈥檚 wide-ranging conversation this week are Ilke Homes in need of rescue, the dangers of growth and whether the construction industry is behind the curve in embracing technology.
