There's something very odd going on in the labyrinthine world of official jobs statistics. The latest Government construction employment figures describe an industry that few would recognise, a gently expanding sector untroubled by the credit crisis and seismic shockwaves that...
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...