26th April 2010, 01:01 PM
Would there be problems if small outfits were expected to operate in the same was as the big boys setting the code of practice? There are many ways of cracking the same egg, that's part of the flexibility of British archaeology in its current form. Some small jobs are better suited to small operators who are prepared to do them at near-cost, and cease to be economically viable if subjected to the 'full package' which might be dictated by an 'industry' code of practice laid out by one or more of the big outfits with their own ideas of how to do projects