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    Outsourcing mess

    I bet a lot of fat cats made their short term money in all this mess. Win contracts by bidding the lowest and pocket the sales commission.

    Carillion share price: Behind the scenes of the construction giant's annus horribilis | City A.M.
    Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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    With them having some very big PS contracts like HS2 I don't see how the Gov won't be able to something to prop them up. Would be good to see them take a good chunk of this work back in house. Or stop HS2 completely.

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      #3
      Originally posted by administrator View Post
      With them having some very big PS contracts like HS2 I don't see how the Gov won't be able to something to prop them up. Would be good to see them take a good chunk of this work back in house. Or stop HS2 completely.
      go on, chain yourself up in a railway station!

      https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...s2-work-euston
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        Originally posted by vetran View Post
        go on, chain yourself up in a railway station!

        https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...s2-work-euston
        That was me my son. May God forgive your filthy existence.

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          #5
          Originally posted by administrator View Post
          That was me my son. May God forgive your filthy existence.
          don't get your Scapular in a twist!
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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            #6
            For once I agree with the Vince of Cable and would say no to any bailout of Carillion. Simply bring the projects back in house and re-tender. Scrap HS2 and the new Heathrow runway and put the money into a Maglev train running down the centre of the M1 and M62 motorways and a new hub airport in the Thames estuary, as proposed by Boris

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              #7
              And....they are gone!!

              2 £ billion contracts awarded since the first profit warning and yet collapsed like a pack of cards.

              Any CUK members affected?
              Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !

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                #8
                Originally posted by fullyautomatix View Post
                I bet a lot of fat cats made their short term money in all this mess. Win contracts by bidding the lowest and pocket the sales commission.

                Carillion share price: Behind the scenes of the construction giant's annus horribilis | City A.M.

                I lost a few grand on that one hoping it would bounce. Bailed before it went bankrupt, but no bounce :-(
                What happens in General, stays in General.
                You know what they say about assumptions!

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                  I lost a few grand on that one hoping it would bounce. Bailed before it went bankrupt, but no bounce :-(
                  I heard they dished out divs as late as July!

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                    #10
                    I did have to check that the chairman wasn't that Philip Green of BHS notoriety.
                    Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.

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