What an absolute rollercoaster the construction industry in the United Kingdom has experienced in the last 4 to 6 weeks, and I want to talk about some of the issues that I see that have emerged, and to consider what may happen in the future.

The background of course has been the demise of ISG Construction Ltd in administration in the latter part of September 2025 and the Administrators have published a Statement of Affairs which makes absolutely grim reading with the supply chain being owed significant sums of money and they are not likely to receive anything. In my next Blog I may be able to update readers on what has emerged but as at 26 October 2024 it is not clear how some of these major projects will be recommenced and completed and what the impact will be on the supply chain.

In the past few days, we have seen the fallout of two subcontractors also going into administration as a result of the amounts of money that they were owed. As to whether or not there were other issues affecting these organisations, remains to be seen.

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