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Keep up to dateThis week’s poll: Is Interserve’s fall symptomatic of a broken contracting model?
This week's poll: Is Interserve’s fall symptomatic of a broken contracting model?
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Last week, Interserve shareholders rejected a rescue deal package, pushing the firm into administration. But how did it get into this mess? Was it the contractor largely to blame, or is the Interserve administration fiasco more indicative of a broken contracting model?
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