DONT LOOK NOW

摘要

The ghouls and ghosts of next week's Halloween will be as nothing compared with the frightening spooks that may well be haunting us in 2012, (the Olympics extravaganza aside). With public sector work let before last October's spending cuts coming to a close, and the private sector pipeline still looking unpalatably thin, economists and chief executives alike have for months been warning that next year could represent the toughest challenge so far for an industry that may not yet have felt the full extent of recession.