21 days ago
I fear that the answer is not very much. Not because it shouldn’t but because the penalties handed out by the FCA are so utterly piffling. The FCA wants us to get excited as former Carillion CEO Richard Howson was yesterday fined £237,700 for his part in misleading statements being issued by his company. Put that in context. In his last full year in charge Howson trousered a total package of £1.5 million. His payoff when he left as the firm collapsed in 2017 was £660,000. He was CEO for five and a half years and his net wealth must be closer to £10 million than to £5 million. This fine is a drop in the Ocean.
147 days ago
I am convinced that Cirata (CRTA), formally Wandisco, will again run out of money and so the next placing is a when not an if. I am also less than convinced that its tech offering has any real commercial traction. A former employer has been in touch regarding recent RNS’s and wants to blow the whistle. Winnileaks is here to help. The employee writes:
