Environmental consultancy future ?

An interesting article from the Financial Times on whether the economic downturn will take its toll on environmental consulting.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5fefa730-b1e3-11dd-b97a-0000779fd18c.html

It finds that two factors will be key in answering this question

1) whether environmental consultancy can help companies to save money and improve business performance; and

2) whether the regulatory drivers that inspired the rush to environmental improvements hold firm.

Most affected area ?

“So far, the firms most affected by the financial crisis have been those which were engaged in contaminated land consultancy for the development market”