Underbidding for contracts to bring in cash if that is what has happened is a dangerous practice. We need to know
Cranes at a Carillion construction site in central London.
Photograph: Simon Dawson/Reuters
The collapse of Carillion, the building and outsourcing company, throws up so many questions about the state of UK business and government services it is difficult to know where to begin.
Lifting the lid on Carillions strategic plans, it is clear that the companys board mistook tactical nous for strategy. Not that there was much common sense in taking a building company and morphing it into a conglomerate that tries to meld together the management of prisons, hosp…
Read the full article at: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/21/carillion-must-hope-real-answers-dont-usually-get-them
