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Sports Direct – an ‘undeserving’ recipient of state welfare?

June 12, 2016

There has been a lot of interest of late in Sports Direct, its employment practices and its owner, Mike Ashley. The BIS Select Committee heard evidence from Mike Ashley last week, questioning him on employment […]

USC collapse cost taxpayers £700,000

February 24, 2015

An article in the Independent today estimates that the final cost to the taxpayer from the collapse of USC – a subsidiary of Sports Direct – will cost £700,000. The article states that: The papers […]