Must knowPBC Today
New guidance on second staircases for buildings over 18 metres
Why it matters to you
Two of your tenders are mid-rise residential. Check whether their designs fall inside the transition window before pricing.
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Signal reads trade press, regulators and mainstream news every morning, drops the repeats and the noise, and tells you what happened and why it matters to your work and your town. A few minutes, and it ends.
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Today's brief
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3 things for a contractor in Leeds. About 3 minutes.
Read 45 sources · kept 3
Steel rebar prices ease for the second month
Council approves 240 homes on former mill site
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Construction EnquirerFCABank of EnglandBBC NewsThe GuardianFinancial TimesPBC TodayProperty Industry EyeNatureRTÉ NewsThe RegisterScienceDailyand about 30 moreHow it works
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Every morning Signal reads dozens of feeds, merges stories that are really the same story, and keeps only what touches the work, place and interests you told it about.
Reads the specialists
Trade publications, regulators and research outlets, not just headlines. The sources people in your job actually trust.
Drops repeats and noise
Ten outlets covering one story become one item. Opinion, listicles and celebrity news never make the cut.
Local first
Your town and your sector come first. World news only appears when it is big enough to touch you.
Then it ends
No feed, no autoplay, no streaks. When you've read today's brief, Signal tells you you're done.
This morning's headlines
0 read · 0 dropped · 0 kept
- Kept
Second staircase guidance updated for mid-rise homes
PBC Today
- Not for you
Celebrity chef opens new London restaurant
The Guardian
- Same story
Staircase rules: what builders need to know
Construction Enquirer
- Kept
Rebar prices fall for a second month
Construction Enquirer
- Not for you
Ten gadgets we loved this week
The Verge
- Kept
Council approves 240 homes on mill site
BBC News
- Same story
Mill site housing plan gets green light
Local paper
- Opinion, no news
Opinion: is the housing target realistic?
Financial Times
- Kept
Bank of England holds rates
Bank of England
- Same story
Rates on hold: markets react
BBC News
Example: one morning for a contractor in Leeds.
Worth knowingConstruction Enquirer
Steel rebar prices ease for the second month
Merchants report a small fall in rebar and mesh prices after weaker demand over the summer.
Why it matters to you
Worth re-quoting the reinforcement on jobs you priced in the spring.
Still uncertain
Not yet clear whether the fall holds into next quarter.
Early signal · 1 source
Every item, the same shape
Honest about what's known, and what isn't.
- 1
What happened
Two sentences. The facts, not the drama.
- 2
Why it matters to you
Written for your job and your town, not for everyone.
- 3
Still uncertain
What isn't known yet, so you don't act on a guess.
- 4
Confidence
Confirmed by several sources, or an early signal from one.
It learns in plain English
No algorithm guessing. Just tell it.
Signal keeps a short note about you that you can read and edit. Tell it what to never show you. At the end of each brief, say what to change.
Here's what I know about you
You run a small building firm in Leeds, mostly mid-rise residential. You care about regs, material costs and planning within 20 miles. Outside work: Leeds United results and Formula One.
Never show me
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Anything to change?
Less driver gossip from F1, just the race results. And add anything on heat pump grants.
Done. Formula One is now results only, and I've added heat pump grants under work. You'll see it from tomorrow.
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How is Signal different from a news app?+
News apps are built to keep you scrolling. Signal is built to end. It reads specialist and mainstream sources, removes repeats and noise, keeps only what affects you, and tells you when you are done for the day.
Where does the news come from?+
Around 45 feeds from trade publications, regulators, research outlets and mainstream news, such as Construction Enquirer, the FCA, the Bank of England, the BBC, The Guardian and Nature. Pro adds a targeted web search for topics that feeds miss.
How does it know what matters to me?+
You tell it about your work, your town and your interests in a two-minute setup. It writes a plain-English note of what it knows about you, which you can edit at any time. You can also tell it what to never show you.
What does a brief look like?+
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