Sorry. The fun stops here. The steady and enjoyable climb of the past two decades, with turnover, pay and margins all rising to spectacular heights, is over.

To find out who climbed furthest, turn to the tables in ‘Going round again’ (linked below). But now I’m afraid it’s time to prepare to hurtle back to earth. In ‘Going round again’, we talk to six survivors of the last crash to find out what we can expect from the next 12 months. One thing’s for sure, next year’s Top 150 will make very different reading …

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Top 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2008