 In 2002, the company begun trading under the Atkins name.That same year, it also bought Hanscomb, construction consultants.During the early 2000s, the company experienced a period financial difficulties, resulting in the share price falling to 50p in 2020 and the company's Chief Executive, Robin Southwell, resigning along with Finance Director Ric Piper, who was also told his new job at Trinity Mirror was no longer open to him.