Hillpig Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Who owns G4S? Not the CEO, you can find that out on the website, but the actual owner? Who owns Serco? Who owns Capita? Who owns all these companies that are in receipt of major government contracts, and therefore vast sums of tax payers money? Why is it so hard to find out? What are they afraid of? Why is it better for our money to go to private individuals rather than the public sector? Why do we have no say over who gets these contracts? It stinks. My point exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Who owns G4S? Not the CEO, you can find that out on the website, but the actual owner? Who owns Serco? Who owns Capita? Who owns all these companies that are in receipt of major government contracts, and therefore vast sums of tax payers money? Why is it so hard to find out? What are they afraid of? Why is it better for our money to go to private individuals rather than the public sector? Why do we have no say over who gets these contracts? It stinks. Be careful Anna This weeks discloser that we are being watched maybe nearer home than we all realise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Who owns G4S? Not the CEO, you can find that out on the website, but the actual owner? Who owns Serco? Who owns Capita? Who owns all these companies that are in receipt of major government contracts, and therefore vast sums of tax payers money? Why is it so hard to find out? What are they afraid of? Why is it better for our money to go to private individuals rather than the public sector? Why do we have no say over who gets these contracts? It stinks. If you have a pension or life insurance then there's a fair chance the pension / insurance company own shares in the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertramp Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 My point exactly. Your point exactly? Did you miss my post where I explained that G4S is a plc? ---------- Post added 14-06-2013 at 21:50 ---------- If you have a pension or life insurance then there's a fair chance the pension / insurance company own shares in the above. No no its all a big conspiracy, its owned by the lizard people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saunaman Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Monopolies as such don't appear any more , however the activities of a relatively small number of companies who diversify into a vast range of interests such as road maintenance ( ferrovial ) , airport infrasrtucture ( ferrovial ) hold a wide diversity of interests . It only takes a few such "global" organisations who do a little bit of everything to constitute a monopoly and what mechanisms are there to challenge them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Seeriously? They are all plcs so anyone can buy shares in them, thats why you cantbfind out the name of the owner because more than likely they all have thousands of owners. And its better in most cases because they can do it cheaper than the council can provide the service for. Somebody, somewhere started these companies and probably still own the controlling share. They must be making a fortune. We know, for example, that a woman owned A4e, because it came out that she'd paid herself an enormous multi-million pound bonus presumably out of taxpayers money, and she was still receiving government ccontracts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Somebody, somewhere started these companies and probably still own the controlling share. They must be making a fortune. We know, for example, that a woman owned A4e, because it came out that she'd paid herself an enormous multi-million pound bonus presumably out of taxpayers money, and she was still receiving government ccontracts. Emma got set up by daddy just at the time Labour were looking to throw millions at the likes of A4e so she's an exception. G4S is the result of countless mergers of dozens and dozens of companies over many many decades hence it's the third largest private employer on the planet. The idea it has a "founder" who is sitting making most of the cash is rather silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Emma got set up by daddy just at the time Labour were looking to throw millions at the likes of A4e so she's an exception. G4S is the result of countless mergers of dozens and dozens of companies over many many decades hence it's the third largest private employer on the planet. The idea it has a "founder" who is sitting making most of the cash is rather silly. Well said. Information is hardly difficult to find for those who can be bogthered - even more so considering its a PLC. The fact is anyone or anywhere with accounts to Invesco or Prudential are the biggest "owners" making a fortune. Good job its making a profit eh? That's our pension funds its profits are propping up. http://www.g4s.com/en/Investors/Investor%20Relations%20Information/Major%20Shareholdings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Emma got set up by daddy just at the time Labour were looking to throw millions at the likes of A4e so she's an exception. G4S is the result of countless mergers of dozens and dozens of companies over many many decades hence it's the third largest private employer on the planet. The idea it has a "founder" who is sitting making most of the cash is rather silly. What's so silly? According to G4S's company history it had grown into a massive worlwide concern belonging to the Sophus Falck and the Phillip-Sorenson family as late as the 1990's, afterwhich it becomes more difficult to track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 What's so silly? According to G4S's company history it had grown into a massive worlwide concern belonging to the Sophus Falck and the Phillip-Sorenson family as late as the 1990's, afterwhich it becomes more difficult to track. Like I said. But feel free to rant about stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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