Monopoly & Spiv Watch 2017-2018
Posted: 05 Dec 2017, 08:34
SSE and Npower want to merge, giving them more control in a 'market' already broken by an oligopoly.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ant-merger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monopoly train operators upping prices on their protected routes yet again. Biggest rises for five years. Every UK start-up or SME which books a train ticket next year will be subsidising a CEO bonus or foreign company another 4% when just trying to go about their business.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... ket-prices" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The only winners are the monopolies themselves, pleasing the senior managers and the Tories. Biggest losers are the free-market, business and enterprise, and the economy as a whole.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ant-merger" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Monopoly train operators upping prices on their protected routes yet again. Biggest rises for five years. Every UK start-up or SME which books a train ticket next year will be subsidising a CEO bonus or foreign company another 4% when just trying to go about their business.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... ket-prices" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The only winners are the monopolies themselves, pleasing the senior managers and the Tories. Biggest losers are the free-market, business and enterprise, and the economy as a whole.