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Tag Archives: Carillion
An urgent review of Construction economics is needed
The latest example of a major building company that has gone bust whilst working for the public sector should raise sufficient concerns amongst the LGA and Government for them to carry out an urgent assessment of their own processes. The … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Carillion, Corn Exchange, R Durtnell and Sons
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The scale of public (& private) sector outsourcing is the problem
It is very concerning that Interserve is calling for the Government to give it a second rescue deal. In the final few weeks in 2018 we see Interserve in a similar state to how Carillion appeared in the first couple … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Capita, Carillion, CBRE, Interserve, Mitie, OCS, SERCO
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Project Bank Accounts – a positive solution for SMEs
When organisations such as charities or public sector bodies or even businesses commission major pieces of work such as the construction of new buildings or refurbishment of existing ones, in the process of limiting their involvement in the day to … Continue reading
Businesses need much better trading arrangements
Yesterday in the post our company received two heavy A4 envelopes full of many pages with small print on each one. One came to my desk because I deal with new business opportunities, the other came to my colleagues desk … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Carillion, Fairhurst Ward Abbot
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A Government of Double Standards!
When things go wrong in organisations or at events, the way in which this Government responds seems to depend on who is at fault. When Jacob Rees-Mogg attended a meeting at the University of the West of England on 2nd … Continue reading
Value for money needs to be understood
This weeks New Statesman magazine includes a piece called “The Problem with Outsourcing” which focuses on the collapse of Carillion and also the possible issues with Capita, Serco, Interserve and Kier, four other companies that specialise in outsourcing. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Carillion, Grace Blakely, New Statesman, Outsourcing
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Will this Phoenix achieve a good outcome?
According to this press release published last week, the Government has chosen to create a new facilities management company to enable the Ministry of Justice to continue to operate despite the failure of Carillion. The new company will allow around 1,000 … Continue reading
Prompt Payment is vital
Six and a half years ago, Eric Pickles, a Conservative Minister in the recently elected coalition Government called on all of us to keep an eye on how public money was being spent by our Council and raise any concerns … Continue reading
The Government needs to go much further
Following the collapse of Carillion over the weekend, the response from the Government is once again displaying an acute failure to understand the way in which such companies operate, or perhaps they are intentionally ignoring such understanding. Carillion employed a … Continue reading
Too many national eggs in too few baskets
The news reports predicting the collapse of Carillion and attempting to determine if the Government will intervene to prevent the collapse reveals a very clear set of issues that are very pertinent, coming so close to Micro Business Day on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Carillion, Government procurement, Micro Enterprise
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