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Title: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Barman on April 17, 2008, 12:15:36 PM
Have you listened to this price-fixing fiasco on the wireless today?

 happy001
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Bar Wench on April 17, 2008, 12:21:16 PM
No.
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: TG on April 17, 2008, 12:27:48 PM
Me neither.
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Barman on April 17, 2008, 12:29:05 PM
 ::)
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: TG on April 17, 2008, 12:30:44 PM
Was it interesting?
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Barman on April 17, 2008, 12:30:54 PM
Quote from: BBc Web Shite
Building firms 'rigged contracts'

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has accused 112 construction companies of rigging bids for contracts.

It said the firms colluded among themselves while bidding for contracts, leading to customers, such as local authorities, having to pay too much.

The regulator added that in a few cases firms entered into agreements whereby the successful tenderer would pay a sum of money to those that lost out.

Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7351867.stm)
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Uncle Mort on April 17, 2008, 12:54:02 PM
I wonder how many of the 112 companies named are currently working on the Olympic site?
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Barman on April 17, 2008, 12:57:13 PM
I wonder how many of the 112 companies named are currently working on the Olympic site?
I expect they all do – assuming they have links to the Labour hierarchy that is…  Banghead
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Nick on April 17, 2008, 01:06:02 PM
Liverpool is currently a building site.

One suspects that everything is fixed! evil:
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: TG on April 17, 2008, 01:08:05 PM
Liverpool is currently a building site.

One suspects that everything is fixed! evil:

Still? I havent been back since i moved away nearly 2 years ago. I have to go back in August I was hoping they had finished.
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Nick on April 17, 2008, 01:09:01 PM
It's chaos! evil:
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Just One More on April 17, 2008, 01:17:59 PM
I supervise one of them and have had many dealings with the other one for over 11 years. They are rotten from top to bottom. This has been long overdue. I know of one person that tried to blow the whistle and it is alleged that that person went off with a six figure payoff to keep there mouth shut. Strange that neither have won any major contracts in the past six months  rubschin:
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Uncle Mort on April 17, 2008, 01:20:10 PM
Liverpool is currently a building site.

I guess that's one stage better than a demolition site.  ;)
Title: Re: Cover Pricing my Arse!
Post by: Snoopy on April 17, 2008, 01:49:53 PM
No surprises then  ::)