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Carillion four years on

Jan 14, 2022By UNITElive

Exactly four years ago, Carillion – a giant construction and services empire built on hoovering huge government contracts – spectacularly collapsed, with a debt pile of £7bn and only £29m left in the…Read more…

Jan 14, 2022UNITElive

‘Important victory’ for Carillion workers

Jul 12, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has secured a significant legal victory in its battle for compensation for workers who lost their jobs when construction and outsourcing giant Carillion collapsed in January 2018. Unite is…Read more…

Jul 12, 2021UNITElive

‘Stain on UK’s corporate reputation’

Jan 14, 2021By UNITElive

Unite welcomed news today (January 14) that the government has launched a legal bid to bar eight former directors of the collapsed construction giant Carillion from holding future UK director company…Read more…

Jan 14, 2021UNITElive

Carillion latest

Nov 13, 2020By UNITElive

The announcement today (November 13) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) watchdog that senior executives of Carillion ‘mislead’ the markets and acted ‘recklessly’ should result in the guilty…Read more…

Nov 13, 2020UNITElive

‘Grim reading’

Jan 17, 2020By UNITElive

Unite has described the National Audit office report that has been published today (January 17) as highlighting the government failures to get the two flagship Carillion hospitals built, creating…Read more…

Jan 17, 2020UNITElive

‘Lessons not learned’

Jan 15, 2020By UNITElive

Unite has warned that the government has failed to learn the lessons from the collapse of Carillion and that workers still face losing their jobs without warning and through no fault of their own due…Read more…

Jan 15, 2020UNITElive

‘Carillion’s toxic legacy’

Dec 19, 2019By UNITElive

Unite has blamed the government’s failure to tackle ‘Carillion’s toxic legacy’ for further delays to the construction of the new Liverpool Royal Hospital.

The post ‘Carillion’s toxic legacy’…Read more…

Dec 19, 2019UNITElive

Thomas Cook investigation ‘too little too late’

Sep 24, 2019By UNITElive

An urgent investigation into the collapse of Thomas Cook ordered by the government is “too little too late” according to Unite, which said ministers had failed to learn the lessons from the Carillion…Read more…

Sep 24, 2019UNITElive

End bandit capitalism

Sep 24, 2019By UNITElive

Unite delegate Philippa Marsden calls for an end to vulture capitalism at Labour Conference

The post End bandit capitalism appeared first on UNITElive.org.Read more…

Sep 24, 2019UNITElive

‘Serious flaws’

Sep 6, 2019By UNITElive

Unite is demanding urgent answers after it was revealed this week that cladding on the unfinished Midland Metropolitan hospital is expected to be found to be unsafe.   The revelations have…Read more…

Sep 6, 2019UNITElive

‘Patients deserve better’

Sep 4, 2019By UNITElive

Six hundred days after the collapse of Carillion members of Unite and local health campaigners will stage a protest this Friday (September 6), as a result of the government’s failure to provide the…Read more…

Sep 4, 2019UNITElive

‘Business as normal’

Sep 2, 2019By UNITElive

This week (September 6) marks 600 days since the collapse of Carillion on January 15, 2018 when the construction and outsourcing giant was forced into compulsory liquidation with liabilities of £7bn…Read more…

Sep 2, 2019UNITElive

Come clean call

Feb 8, 2019By UNITElive

Unite has called on the NHS Trust responsible for building the new Midland Metropolitan hospital, to come clean with patients and staff over further delays to the vitally needed hospital.  …Read more…

Feb 8, 2019UNITElive

Outsourcing iceberg

Feb 6, 2019By UNITElive

A plan to rescue to beleaguered public sector outsourcing giant Interserve announced by the firm’s bosses today (6 January) is not guaranteed to work, Unite has warned.

The post Outsourcing iceberg…Read more…

Feb 6, 2019UNITElive

‘Mismanagement and failure’

Jan 29, 2019By UNITElive

Unite is calling on the contractors preparing to restart work on the troubled Royal Liverpool hospital to ensure first class employment rights, in order to avoid further problems and delays on the…Read more…

Jan 29, 2019UNITElive

‘Bandit capitalism’ strikes again

Jan 24, 2019By UNITElive

What Unite has dubbed ‘bandit capitalism’ has struck again this week, when on Tuesday (January 22) the café chain Patisserie Valerie collapsed into administration, precipitated by potentially…Read more…

Jan 24, 2019UNITElive

End bandit capitalism call

Jan 14, 2019By UNITElive

Unite has reiterated its call for a full public inquiry and criminal investigations into Carillion, on the eve of the first anniversary of the firm’s collapse on Tuesday (January 15). The union…Read more…

Jan 14, 2019UNITElive

Human Misery

Jan 9, 2019By UNITElive

Pressured Royal Liverpool Hospital workers are shown managing a flood caused by decrepit pipes – the tenth in 2018 – in a new BBC documentary that highlights the impact on patients of Carillion’s…Read more…

Jan 9, 2019UNITElive

‘Carillion Mark Two’?

Dec 10, 2018By UNITElive

Another Carillion may be on the horizon, Unite has warned, as outsourcing firm Interserve’s shares plummeted this morning (December 12) and its future hangs in the balance.   Interserve, which…Read more…

Dec 10, 2018UNITElive

‘Lost the plot’

Nov 20, 2018By UNITElive

Unite,  which represented hundreds of workers affected by Carillion’s collapse, has said the government ‘has lost the plot’ after it announced proposals to require outsourcers to produce a ‘living…Read more…

Nov 20, 2018UNITElive
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