Capita says gov cuts hit hard Capita shares are down nearly five per cent this morning after it warned that government cuts were hitting revenues harder than expected. In an update to the stock market, the government's favourite outsourcer said the message was mixed. It has had constructive discussions with the government on cutbacks and it believes …
Capita, associated with free-loading, leaching, parasitic, and all things bad when a company gets incestuous with a long-lived government, who just got it's marching orders.
If Cameron really wanted to trim the budget he would force re-bidding on all contract renewals and extensions.
A friend leased a small house, out in the countryside, to an elderly woman who was not only hard of hearing but had cataracts, too. The previous tenant had installed an impressive Antiference antenna which was left behind.
Enter Capita who seems to know peoples homes better than the residents. They insisted she had a TV and they could prove it. It took over a year of correspondence and calls to assert the fact in their database that she had no TV and was over 75.
May your demise be rapid, Capita, for you surely deserve it!
They all seemed to be saying. "No problem. Business as usual"
How the hell can that be right?
We should be hearing "It's going to be difficult and we will have to down size"
Not that we'd expect them to let any "Important" IE *senior* staff go of course.
They seem to saying it might be a bit painful.
Good.
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