Only a few days remain before the plucky PPS five cross the start line at Fort William. After many weeks of training across the UK, John, Julian, Karl, Ross and myself are making our final preparations. Collectively, we have covered hundreds of miles but now we face the challenge of 54 miles within 24 hours [...]
DISCLAIMER:
With an official Government now in place, although not quite fully fledged Currently we are all in shock and the office furniture is being rearranged into a more coalition style of working to make sure that we all get along swimmingly and talk with one voice. As a result of this upheaval I may not [...]
DISCLAIMER:It is the weekend therefore I can be as partisan as I like. However, given that we as the British people chose to effectively vote for ‘None of the Above’ and therefore don’t actually have a Government perhaps we are all now officially anarchists – a very wise man once told me it was the only [...]
Well its election day at last and so there is an end in sight to the febrile water cooler conversations that have been galvanising PPS staff for the last four weeks. It is time to stock up with wine and sandwiches and watch the results roll in through the early hours.
This election is particularly interesting [...]
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Perfect weather for the Taunton half-marathon on Sunday 11th April and I recorded a decent time of just under two hours. In fact, the banana outfit was probably an advantage as everyone cheered me on. Nearly £800 raised so far for the Somerset charity, Escape Support Group, that helps families with special needs children.
There is [...]
PPS is sponsoring Holyrood’s Community Engagement Planning Conference on the 30th April 2010. PPS is heavily involved in property and development communications, specialising in all Planning matters.
This conference will provide a great opportunity for those involved in Planning to review the new Planning Act and discuss its future implications.
Despite the economic downturn, the mood is [...]
Somerset is becoming something of a hub of PPS activity. We are not only working on the largest potential construction project in the South West of England – the development of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point – but PPS co-founder and director, Charles St George, is also running the Taunton half marathon on [...]
Only three months to go until Team PPS sets off from Fort William with 54 miles stretching out before us. The Summer Solstice may seem distant, but it is time for us to get serious and start putting some miles into our legs.
The Manchester office contingent (Sam and Kevin) spent a day walking on the [...]
It was twenty years ago this week that Charles St George and I had a bright idea and set up a business. In its own small way that decision has transformed the way the development industry goes about getting planning permission.
PPS was that business and our bright idea was to help companies secure planning permission [...]