Category Archives: Carillion

Library deal questioned as council blacklists the blacklisters

Posted on May 29, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council is set to stop using building contractors that have blacklisted workers for their union affiliations, following Labour winning last week’s local elections, the trade magazine Building is reporting. The policy of the new council could also place Carillion, … Continue reading →

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Let’s make our libraries the cornerstones of our communities

Posted on May 13, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: TIMOTHY GODFREY, spokesman on arts and culture for the local Labour group, outlines his party’s policy for the borough’s marginalised and privatised public library service Something has gone terribly wrong at Croydon libraries. When the then Labour Council … Continue reading →

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Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries

Posted on January 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

Up to eight professionals working across Croydon’s network of 13 branch libraries face redundancy, just a few weeks after a firm of builders which had never pitched for the job took over the running of the borough’s libraries. Four of … Continue reading →

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Library operators Carillion’s shady record on blacklistings

Posted on October 25, 2013 by insidecroydon

Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, is not alone in being spied upon by her “friends”. The practice has been happening a lot closer to home, even in the workplace, and conducted on behalf of one firm that is coming … Continue reading →

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Laing exit library business after taking over in Croydon

Posted on October 22, 2013 by insidecroydon

So, this is how Conservative-run Croydon Council does “business”… The council consults residents about library services. After receiving an overwhelming response that the people of Croydon want all their public libraries maintained and to continue to be run by the … Continue reading →

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