'Forced labour' firm has links to construction, says UCATT
Posted: 15 May 2008A firm supplying mainly Polish labour to the agricultural industry and which has just been stripped of its licence by the Gangmasters Licensing Authortity also has links with construction, according to Ucatt.
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HSE targets small refurb developments
Posted: 15 May 2008Small developers are being targeted by the Health and Safety Executive as it battles to reduce deaths on refurb jobs.
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CIS should be scrapped, says UCATT
Posted: 15 May 2008UNION leaders are calling for the CIS tax system to be abolished.
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Apollo Engineering v James Scott: Scottish arbitration practice
Posted: 14 May 2008Alex Warrender of Brewer Consulting discusses arbitration in Scotland
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B of the Bang contractors sued by Manchester council
Posted: 13 May 2008The companies who built and designed Manchester’s B of the Bang sculpture are being sued.
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Bid-rigging: Welsh contractors to escape investigation
Posted: 13 May 2008The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will not extend its investigation into anti-competitive tendering practices into Wales, despite calls from politicians there.
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Bid-rigging: OFT tight-lipped on identity of firms in bid-rigging fight
Posted: 07 May 2008The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will maintain a vow of silence over its bid-rigging investigation until it makes an announcement next year on the level...
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Bid-rigging: US law firm lines up to represent clients
Posted: 01 May 2008A US law firm is to offer public sector clients the chance to sue building contractors found guilty of anti-competitive tendering practices following the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) investigation into 'bid-rigging' and 'cover-pricing'.
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Bid-rigging: Secret club exposed
Posted: 30 April 2008Contractors have been meeting to fix prices in a series of shady get-togethers known as the "Calorie Club".
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Bid-rigging: even more OFT investigations spark backlash
Posted: 28 April 2008An announcement of further investigations and raids on the supermarket sector by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has sparked a backlash against the watchdog.
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Bid-rigging: CJ editor Emma Penny appears on Sky News
Posted: 25 April 2008Contract Journal editor Emma Penny was interviewed on Sky News by Jeremy Thompson on 17 April regarding the OFT bid-rigging investigation in construction. View the whole interview below:
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Company director charged with manslaughter
Posted: 25 April 2008A company director has been charged with the manslaughter of a Chinese man who died after a fall on a Norfolk building site.
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Bid-rigging: CJ editor Emma Penny takes questions on BBC Radio 4
Posted: 24 April 2008When the story about the OFT's investigation into bid-rigging in the construction industry broke last Thursday, CJ editor Emma Penny appeared on BBC Radio 4's the World at One to answer questions.
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Bid-rigging: Thomas Fish has debts of over £5m
Posted: 23 April 2008Nottinghamshire-based Thomas Fish, one of the companies alleged to have been involved in anti-competitive tendering practices by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), has debts of more than £5m, its administrators say.
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Adjudicator's decisions: can they be partially enforced?
Posted: 23 April 2008The extent to which an adjudicator's decision is severable, or may be partially enforced.
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Bid-rigging: Nigel Griffiths demands procurement inquiry
Posted: 22 April 2008Former construction minister Nigel Griffiths is calling for an inquiry into public sector tendering practices in the wake of the Office of Fair Trading’s damning report on industry bid rigging.
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Bid-rigging: Thomas Fish flounders
Posted: 21 April 2008One of the companies alleged to have been involved in anti-competitive tendering practices has gone into administration, it was announced today.
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Bid-rigging: CC demands clarification from OFT
Posted: 21 April 2008The Construction Confederation (CC) has called on the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to make clearer its allegations against 112 contractors alleged of being involved in anti-competitive tendering practices.
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Bid-rigging: just 9 firms alleged to have benefited financially
Posted: 18 April 2008Only nine of the 112 contractors named as suspects in the OFT's investigation into bid-rigging are alleged to have benefited financially from dodgy dealings, it has emerged today.
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Bid-rigging: Carillion, Kier, ISG respond to OFT accusations
Posted: 17 April 2008Some of the biggest names implicated in the OFT bid-rigging investigation into construction have issued their responses.
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