12th August 2010, 05:57 PM
This is a different system to the one I work in. Most small companies have not been driven out of business by the bigger ones in the last 10-15 years. Many have grown and many have remained as small companies a few have gone out of business. The specific local knowledge argument has long been a joke with some such companies in one case not knowing that they were working in the county they were named after.
Small compamies are generally cheaper and do better work than the bigger companies. What we are seeing is a maturing of the archaeological market place. Fedup said "On the other hand, whilst smaller companies with lower overheads are able to put in ridiculously small tenders for small scale jobs this means that larger companies lose out to these people and whilst it may be acceptable to win yourself a job for which your happy to receive little above minimum wage." This simply is not true smaller companies can bid lower amounts because they have lower overheads and management structure and I think for will find that they pay better than the big companies.
What we have seen the demise in the last 20 years are the loss of council contracting units. I see this as no bad thing.
As for the mega companies they were the ones who sufferred the biggest job losses while many small companies who were "right sized" have fared much better.
Peter
Small compamies are generally cheaper and do better work than the bigger companies. What we are seeing is a maturing of the archaeological market place. Fedup said "On the other hand, whilst smaller companies with lower overheads are able to put in ridiculously small tenders for small scale jobs this means that larger companies lose out to these people and whilst it may be acceptable to win yourself a job for which your happy to receive little above minimum wage." This simply is not true smaller companies can bid lower amounts because they have lower overheads and management structure and I think for will find that they pay better than the big companies.
What we have seen the demise in the last 20 years are the loss of council contracting units. I see this as no bad thing.
As for the mega companies they were the ones who sufferred the biggest job losses while many small companies who were "right sized" have fared much better.
Peter