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Carillion pack up and fuck off

09/09/08 - 3 comments

Cowboy building company Carillion have decided to make a strategic retreat from the South-West as they lay off around 20 staff, closing their Exeter Office altogether.

A spokesman for the company said it remained committed to projects for which it had signed up, which basically means they'll cream the council for millions in cold hard cash, which will go straight to their shareholders whilst the schools and Colleges will be built with sticky back paper and bendy straws.

We think this withdrawal is more to do with the maintenance contracts on the existing schools which were of such piss-poor standard that they kept being called back in to make them fit for purpose.

All we can say is good riddance. Exeter is probably better off with the likes of Handy Andy, Nick Knowles and the team from Changing Rooms to slap a bit of paint about the place and make things look pretty, even if it does all fall apart after a fortnight's use.

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