UK’s Carillion, rail builder and school contractor, collapses as banks pull plug – The Australian Financial Review

by Kate Holton UK contractor Carillion collapsed when banks triggered Britain’s biggest corporate failure in a decade, forcing the government to step in to guarantee public services from school meals to roadworks. The 200-year-old business went into compulsory liquidation at 0600 GMT (5pm AEDT on Monday) after costly contract delays and a slump in new business…