Council held decade-long contract with dormant firm

By Martin Ford | 27 April 2022

A council has faced criticism from auditors for awarding a contract to a dormant company for almost a decade.

Grant Thornton said it exposed a ‘significant weakness’ in Herefordshire Council’s contract management in its report on the council’s 2020-21 accounts.

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