I know this is crazy populist reactionary fascism, but what about doing something? As opposed to talking about doing something. (View Post)

Private Equity isn’t Venture Capital. In fact it is something close to the reverse. Huge piles of cash looking for a certain return. Buying a going concern and finacialising it is a certain return in… (View Post)

The regulations and planning rules are colliding to make it much more expensive to build. Add on the usual Process State “we need 5 years to work out what the regulations actually mean” and building … (View Post)

a There was a rather good article the other day about how regulations on avoiding A/C ended up with requirements to build complicated building with reduced density, and much harder to incorporate the… (View Post)

Well, to start with, we need to have a conversation about regulations and laws. The political class seems convinced that they have no cost. They do. Each page of paper, each minute adds a cost. A dra… (View Post)