The recent demise of Muirfield Contracts felt like a throwback to the darkest days of the recession when reports of contractors going out of business were a regular occurrence.
Fortunately, the industry is now on the road to recovery but as this case highlighted, some firms are still experiencing major issues.
Andy Drane, Construction Partner with Edinburgh-based law firm Davidson Chalmers, part of the Globalaw network, believes that while there are plenty of major contractors capable of delivering lucrative large-scale projects, a gap has emerged in the next tier of firms.
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