Last Friday, almost 400 workers were told the devastating news they were out of a job – victims of two companies which had found themselves sinking in a financial quagmire. For the staff at the Whitstable office of one of the nation’s biggest construction companies, ISG, and tools and hardware firm Folkestone Fixings (FFX), they find themselves at the epicentre of the impact. But the ripple-effect of such collapses can be felt far and wide. Those companies which provided goods and services to both – the supply chains – will be left counting the potentially high cost of losing a large customer …
