Before revision: "Shovel-ready" wins Macquarie's word of year, Herald Sun (3 February 2010) In the UK In the United Kingdom, the phrase has been used on a number of occasions by Vincent De Rivaz, the Chief Executive of EDF Energy, in the context of a proposed new nuclear power station in Somerset.Hinkley Point is "shovel ready" Q193 reply "We are shovel ready"'' "The project at Hinkley Point C is now “shovel-ready”"'' In Scotland, the phrase is used in a similar context.
After revision: "Shovel-ready" wins Macquarie's word of year, Herald Sun (3 February 2010) As in the rest of the United Kingdom, in the UK In the United Kingdom, the phrase has been used on a number of occasions by Vincent De Rivaz, the Chief Executive of EDF Energy, in the context of a proposed new nuclear power station in Somerset.Hinkley Point is "shovel ready" Q193 reply "We are shovel ready"'' "The project at Hinkley Point C is now “shovel-ready”"'' In Scotland, the phrase is used in a similar context.