Soaring costs and work drought sunk historic scaffolding firm

Soaring costs and a lack of work have been blamed for sending under a scaffolding contractor that has been in business for more than 125 years.
Hertfordshire based Rodells has been trading since 1898 when it was founded by Leonard Rodell as a steeple-jacking company.
But the business fell into administration in March when all 37 staff were made redundant.Administrators from FRP Advisory said “the pipeline had dramatically reduced on the scaffolding side of the business while the cost of ma