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Retentions: the latest developments

Practical Law Construction

On 10 November, NEC and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) published guidance on how to reduce the use of retentions in NEC contracts. This blog takes a closer look at the paper. The paper explains that the NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) is structured in such a way that retentions are not necessary.

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Natural Light Imitates Art

Mindful Marketing

So, what’s behind Natural Light’s foray into ‘fine art’ and its claim to have constructed “ the most expensive piece of art in the world ”? leadership team members and their degrees: Nick Caton, U.S. It’s an installation that’s both impressive in its grandeur and appealing to the eye.

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COVID-19 and variations

Practical Law Construction

This blog considers as an alternative whether a contractor can recover time and/ or money as a contract variation, with particular reference to three standard form contracts – FIDIC’s 1999 Yellow Book , NEC4’s Engineering and Construction Contract and JCT Design and Build Contract, 2016 Edition.

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Top 10 Reasons To Work At A PR Firm

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Most new hires will get broad exposure to the range of essential PR skills, from writing to research, to media outreach, and their work may touch several different PR sectors, from financial to fashion. We want to see who blogs or has contributed pieces to on-campus pubs. “Real-world” opportunities from day one.

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?The COVID-19 road to reform

Stephen Waddington

She kindly agreed for me to post it on my blog. Grief and loss - not just from deaths but from job losses, life changes, separations and scarcity Fear - of circumstance, of deprivation, of change Anger - at system failure, leadership, challenges to leadership, intolerance and inequity And what might be the ultimate test of success?

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What We Can Learn From World Cup PR Disasters

Critical Mention

Takeaway : Coach Scolari demonstrated leadership by taking ownership for the loss, offering a quick and concise response, and tried to win back the public by asking for forgiveness and offering a sincere apology. Like the Uber scandals, sometimes replacing leadership is the only route to turning your company around.

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PR and Content Marketing Insights from the Edelman Trust Barometer

Sword and the Script

50% trust financial industry analysts. For a long while, the pace of accounting or financial scandals – and the subsequent criminal trials and ensuing media circus – destroyed the trust in top business executives. Communication builds trust and it’s a function of leadership. 61% trust academic experts.