Things do not look good for the Socialist Alliance, the coalition of socialist groups and activists which gained some momentum in 2000 and ran 98 candidates in the 2001 General Election. A National Council meeting in Sheffield on 18 October voted to rally to the proposal for a mushy "progressive bloc" in electoral politics announced by George Monbiot and Salma Yaqoob in the Guardian of 13 October 2003.
and a spate of start-ups
This piece about the spin-off firms in the wake of the Aecom takeover of DL is republished as it appeared in 2013 with the subheading Building profiles the many new start-ups launched by former Davis Langdon partners
When Building broke the news this month that six former partners of Davis Langdon were setting up a consultant of their own - to be called Alinea - regular readers may have had a feeling of deja vu.
Hadn’t we been here before? Yes, indeed, at least 15 times in two-and-a-half years.
The reasons for such a proliferation of Davis Langdon (DL) staff exiting to go it alone are many and varied – and well-rehearsed. See our January feature on the ‘Culture Shock’ at DL following its 2010 takeover by Aecom for a detailed analysis.