Croydon council has reacted to the service provider’s liquidation by taking the service in-house again, while Ealing and Harrow are laying contingency plans
The fallout from the collapse of Carillion has hit the UK’s already beleaguered library sector, with several London authorities making moves to part ways with the bankrupt outsourcing firm – including Croydon council, which has announced it will start running its libraries itself after years of unsatisfactory service.
Carillion, which went into compulsory liquidation on Monday, was responsible for scores of government contracts, including the management of library services in several London boroughs with a non-profit arm called Cultural Community Solutions. Hounslow, Ealing, Croydon and Harrow outsourced their library services in 2012, to a company called John Laing Integrated Services, which sold the contracts on to Carillion in 2013. Hounslow terminated its contract with Carillion in July 2017.
Libraries update: staff doing an amazing job behind the scenes sorting out IT issues, taking back our buildings and starting to sort out the issues that Carillion failed to sort out - like the heating at Norbury Library. Still lots to do, but great drive to do this right!
Continue reading...
0 comments:
Post a Comment