26th March 2012, 02:51 PM
This type of document could have the effect of blocking new archaeological contractors/sole traders, more and more of which are appearing due to redundancies, lay offs.
A new contractor may be very experienced but because they are new cannot meet some of the requirements requested, for exaple, they've been trading for a week and have not made any money yet and so its difficult to get a letter of financial integrity, or do not have any reports under their own company name to submit to a curator.
It can be a chicken and egg situation.
A new contractor may be very experienced but because they are new cannot meet some of the requirements requested, for exaple, they've been trading for a week and have not made any money yet and so its difficult to get a letter of financial integrity, or do not have any reports under their own company name to submit to a curator.
It can be a chicken and egg situation.