When public sector work nosedived as the austerity drive took hold, one company realised it would have to look elsewhere for the construction-based work on which its fortunes relied. The answer was clear – China.
Anthony Walker & Partners, the Newcastle-based firm of landscape architects, found its workload halved after the coalition scrapped a host of state school building projects in 2010.
Forced to close its Manchester office and cut staff from 24 three years ago to 10 now, it urgently needed new business.
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