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News Archive -
News Archive 2001
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Sunday, 29 April 2001 |
A report in this week's Hackney Gazette suggests that Hackney Council may be lining up a damages claim of up to £30 million against incompetent "outsourcing" specialists ITNet. Regular visitors to the Hackney Independent website will know of our long-standing campaign against the "benefits bunglers" (copyright Hackney Gazette) and support for those affected by the firm's catastrophic performance in the borough and elsewhere.
The Gazette reports that Hackney Council have already had to take out a High Court injunction for "essential data after ITNet wanted an additional payment of £439,000 to deliver the information". Hackney Council also claim that they have had to spend over half a million pounds since the firm was sacked, just to keep the service running.
ITNet are obviously feeling slightly sheepish about their failures in Hackney as they make several veiled references to the situation in their annual report ("a challenging year" etc.) but turnover is growing at over £158 million (profits dropped apparently). And despite the fact Bridget Blow (director) took home £50 thousand less this year than last (our hearts bleed for her), she still managed a tidy £235 thousand (and don't forget those two and a quarter million shares ).
If Hackney Council is serious about taking ITNet to court then good luck to them, but what about the thousands of working class Hackney residents who have been victims of this scandal - will we get compensation too? Unlikely.
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