I dread to think where our industry would be without the furlough scheme

By Darren James 2020-09-02T05:00:00

The job retention scheme has worked but it should end next month, says Keltbray’s boss Darren James

I started at Keltbray in the teeth of the pandemic, on 1 April, having been 30 years at Costain. I landed here having to put a significant number of staff on furlough and with pay cuts for the rest. Sites in London were closing down, so it was about making sure we managed the business very tightly through a difficult period.

Our built environment took a big impact, particularly in London, but our infrastructure side barely hiccoughed. Clearly it had to work within the covid restrictions, and we had to get key worker status letters out to people because there were a lot of questions about travelling during lockdown.

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