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Leaking water, draining finance: the case for putting water in public hands

23rd July 2018 Andrew Simms 1 Comment

In the middle of a heatwave and drought, it’s not just the leakage allowed by private water companies (as much

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

Praising Parliamentary Watchdogs

25th May 201829th May 2018 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments

The giant services firm Carillion collapsed under the weight of its own greed, hubris and mismanagement in January this year.

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The economics of gobbling

24th March 201824th March 2018 Lindsay Mackie 2 Comments GKN, Melrose, takeovers

Shouting ‘look over there’ while getting on with something nefarious over here is a tried and true tactic. So as

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Crapitalism: & the alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing

6th February 20186th February 2018 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

Lindsay Mackie and Andrew Simms ask why we’re not using proven alternatives to ‘big’ outsourcing News last week that Capita

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

At last, a vindication from the National Audit Office

10th January 201811th January 2018 David Boyle 0 Comments cancelled, Govia, grayling

It is a strange thing, vouchsafed to few of us, to find ourselves vindicated by the National Audit Office of

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Blog The Absent Corporation 

Milking it

3rd November 2017 Lindsay Mackie 0 Comments

Systemic corporate failures are leaving our glass of milk half empty…  There’s a milk and butter shortage threatened, who would

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Can any country opt-out of Google?

29th October 201729th October 2017 Andrew Simms 0 Comments

Nations may opt-out of the EU, and regions out of nations, but is corporate power inescapable? Lindsay Mackie reports on a

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How companies are hiding from customers

28th February 201710th June 2017 David Boyle 3 Comments

Why are large companies trying to distance themselves so much from their customers? Listen, starting at 20 minutes 28 seconds: the

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