CJ Construction Blog

OFT investigation is putting people on the dole

It is a measure of the speed and ferocity of the downturn that one in 10 contractors named in the OFT cover pricing investigation last April have failed. The casualty rate is a stark reminder of just how difficult trading...

Posted by Aaron Morby on December 9, 2008 10:56 AM

The fall-out from Black Thursday

It wasn’t pretty, was it. Shortly after the Office of Fair Trading published its Statement of Objections last Thursday morning, accusing 112 construction companies of bid-rigging activities, the consumer media tore into the industry....

Posted by Will Mann on April 23, 2008 9:24 AM