Some other sites are focusing on more narrow slices of the construction industry, hoping to entice smaller subcontractors to log on.

Experts said it would be difficult to impose such a tax in the construction industry, with its hundreds of small subcontractors and suppliers.

Remaining behind in the diamond district are the wholesale and retail dealers, the cutters who turn rough diamonds into polished stones, and the small subcontractors.

This trend was then halted or even reversed thereafter as large companies especially in manufacturing transferred their excess labour into smaller subcontractors or satellite companies.

But he said that his company had had good relationships with small subcontractors in the neighborhood that it called on for everything from metalwork to wood supplies.

Employment of smaller subcontractors in the area to perform the work, allowing for the majority of the project funds to be spent locally.

Her husband works as a small subcontractor for a dressmaking company.

Auditors concluded that 150 banks and businesses were owed more than $3.6 billion, including many small subcontractors and craftsmen.

Yet, in 'real life', it is in fact large companies' attempts to maximise their profits that crush small subcontractors.

I would like to emphasise that the small loyal subcontractors should not be forgotten either when financial matters are under discussion.