UK Contractors Group spoke out against watchdog

锘縏he Office of Fair Trading refused to engage in any dialogue with UK contractors during its five-year investigation into cover pricing and bid-rigging, according to a strongly-worded statement by the UK Contractors Group.

The UKCG has used a submission to a government consultation on replacing the OFT with a new regulator, to denounce the OFT鈥檚 conduct in its investigation as 鈥渁n unjust and wholly unreasonable exercise of the OFT鈥檚 regulatory powers鈥�.

The letter, signed by Stephen Ratcliffe, director of the UKCG, said: 鈥淭he OFT appeared to be entirely uninterested in having any dialogue with the industry鈥�.

 

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