One company’s demise is another’s potential gain.
In the past two years or so, far too many in our business have been bitten by the unseen threat of recession. However, there have been times in recent weeks when it appeared that the danger had at long last subsided.
But, just when we all thought it was safe to go back in the water, the unexpected collapse of the Controlled Group serves as a timely reminder that demolition’s garden is far from rosy right now; and while the light at the end of the tunnel is now visible once again, it remains frustratingly out of reach.
No-one likes to see a company fail, particularly one in the close-knit demolition community – The business may be highly competitive but we all feel the blast wave when another company falls.
However, it is the human cost of such failures that are, perhaps, hardest to take. Controlled Group employed a number of highly-trained and highly-skilled individuals that have now seen all their hard work vanish in an instant.
As many of you are aware, DemolitionNews.com was instrumental in the creation of demolition-jobs.co.uk, a recruitment website that allows demolition professionals to advertise their availability to work to potential employers. Thanks to the backing of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, the site is free to both employees and employers. We would, therefore, urge all the former Controlled Group employees to make their way over to demolition-jobs.co.uk to list their details.
At the same time, we have already received impressive CVs from the company’s former business development director and contaminated land remediation specialist which we will gladly forward to prospective employers.
So if you have been caught up in the Controlled Group collapse, please be sure to register at demolition-jobs.co.uk. If you’re one of the fortunate UK demolition companies that is still on the recruitment path, please check out demolition-jobs.co.uk – the site currently contains details of a number of experienced industry professionals seeking roles ranging from operative to supervisor and contracts manager levels and it might just contain the details of your next employee. And if you’re specifically seeking an experienced demolition business development person or a contaminated land remediation specialist, please drop a line to manthony@markanthonypublicity.co.uk and we’ll get those CVs over to you.
