Contractors drink the dregs as state work starts to dry up

摘要

Kier emerged at the top of a diminishing heap of work in September, helped by a brace of schools projects valued at more than ￡40m. This time last year Kier, also topped the table, but then it had ￡665m worth of contracts. Last month it took only ￡160m to come first.rnHuge cuts in public sector budgets are expected in next week's Comprehensive Spending Review, but government largesse continued to dominate the market last month, accounting for almost two-thirds of the total spend.