Meet… Lorraine Carvalho

Meet… Lorraine Carvalho

PSE Associates’ Finance Director, Lorraine Carvalho, has been with the firm for six years. While her job title suggests she focuses on finance, in reality, her role is far broader than that. “While I am responsible for everything related to finance, including...
Keeping on budget

Keeping on budget

Accountancy and consultancy firm, PwC – which has a hospitality and leisure group – recently published its latest UK hotels forecast, which reported that ‘regional occupancy levels have been climbing since 2011, with budget rooms operating at high occupancy rates’....
Living in the trees

Living in the trees

People have built treehouses to escape the danger of the ground for many years – perhaps to safely avoid scavenging animals, neighbouring tribes or floods. Today, treehouses are still a form of escape – somewhere to step away from everyday life and dream a little. In...
Foundations in at canalside pub

Foundations in at canalside pub

We are delighted to be supporting Hall & Woodhouse with its latest development – a brand new pub within the Wichelstowe development near Swindon. Spread along 200 metres of Canalside – a restored section of the Wilts & Berks Canal – in Wichelstowe, the...
Meet… Sarah Corker

Meet… Sarah Corker

Sarah is one of PSE Associates’ longest-serving members of staff, having been with us for 21 years now. She’s part of our admin team, but her role is wider than just that – as she gets involved with a variety of different aspects concerning our projects.   “The...
Hotels to fall in love with

Hotels to fall in love with

Some of the hotel projects we’ve worked on have been named in a list of the ‘best romantic hotels in the UK’   We might be quantity surveyors and project managers who spend a fair amount of time looking at budgets and counting bricks – but we’re not afraid to...