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We must all work to improve tendering; Construction in association with DOVE BUILDING MATERIALS CONSTRUCT ING EXCELLENCE IN THE NORTH EAST.(Business)
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The Journal (Newcastle, England)
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April 25, 2008
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Byline: DON WARD
THE media had a field day following the Office of Fair Trading's announcement that it had issued Statement of Objections against 112 construction firms.
Any anti-competitive practice must be condemned and a number of the companies involved have already held up their hands. But, as ever, the devil is in the detail and before condemning all builders - and 112 is a fraction of the 280,000 in the UK - as cowboys, it is worth analysing the substance of the allegations.
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