Clive West's suspicions prove to be justified when he obtains employment with the notorious 'Sprayum and Scarper' as a woodworm inspector. Horrified by what he witnesses, he decides to set up his own company 'Ethical Preservation'. Much to his surprise he discovers that his ethical company has been financed by tax evasion, drug dealing and prostitution. A Rotten Business is a blackly humorous satirical expose of an industry many people are wary of.