BLOWN OUT OF ALL PROPORTION

摘要

nterclass plc is, what I call, a nice size building company; £25m turnover; wins prizes for quality; is a chartered builder. Been around since 1976. Got nabbed for doing what we all, for decades, accepted as a "norm", ordinary and legitimate. And for decades it was. It got a cover price. It's now a crime. The fine was £619,207 less 25% for caving in. That's what the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said. And eight years on, this determined company has fought the OFT all the way to the Court of Appeal. Last week the fine for the crime was reduced to £202,000.