This week's question

Would you join a contractor that just posted a loss?

Begbies Traynor counted 7,458 construction firms in critical distress last quarter, and the PMI is still in contraction. Yet the loss-making tier-ones are the ones hiring for Hinkley, Luton and the prison programme. So where do you draw the line?

Week of 8 September0 votes0 repliesCloses Friday, then Scott's take

Vote first

One tap. You can change it until Friday.

Yes, if the pipeline is secured and the role is on a live schemeOnly with a signing bonus or a step up in titleNo. One bad set of accounts is one too manyDepends entirely on who the MD is

Scott's take

Lands here on Friday, once the votes are in.

A short answer to the question, and to the best replies underneath it.

Where this came from

Begbies Traynor Red Flag Alert, Q2 2026. Read it →

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