Summary
MINISTERS are facing court action by an English shipbuilding firm over claims they sabotaged a GBP 10m construction deal to protect a Scots-based company.
Environment minister Ross Finnie is alleged to have axed the winning English tender for a fisheries patrol boat to safeguard 300 shipbuilding jobs in his West of Scotland region.See the full content of this document
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Shipbuilder to Sue Over Minister's Deal 'Sabotage'
Devon-based Appledore beat its Port Glasgow rival Ferguson's for the contract to build a new vessel for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA). The same day, Finnie scrapped the tender, citing possible irregularities in the bidding process.
An independent firm of lawyers were brought in by the Scottis...See the full content of this document
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