Comments on: Council Chief Exec labels Virgin and BT “oligarchs” https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-chief-exec-labels-virgin-and-bt-oligarchs/ Politics, LEPs and economic development in the West Midlands Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 By: Karen Leach https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-chief-exec-labels-virgin-and-bt-oligarchs/#comment-5837 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 12:15:42 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=10871#comment-5837 Stephen Hughes has pointed out what happens when organisations with more power than the local authority are brought in to provide a ‘public service’. An organisation as large as Virgin or BT does not need to dance to Birmingham City Council’s tune. In procurement and partnerships we should take into consideration whether supplier businesses are small enough to be responsive to the city’s demands – and whether we’re contributing to a more oligopolistic market or a healthier and truly competitive one. Government drives for public sector efficiency – under this government and the last – have contributed heavily to the oligopoly market model.

]]> By: Gerry https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-chief-exec-labels-virgin-and-bt-oligarchs/#comment-5826 Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:57:30 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=10871#comment-5826 I would not be surprised if the editors of a few technical publications take up the issues of the disproportionate influence and power of the main players in the field.

Back in the day specific geographical ares such as central London saw the development of network developers like City Of London Telecomunications COLT which then went on to become a European Network Provider COLT Group.

It could be possible via the Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP to make up a consortium funded by the government to develop state of the art Internet networks within Birmingham and its region that could be the envy of the world.

]]> By: telman8deaf https://thechamberlainfiles.com/council-chief-exec-labels-virgin-and-bt-oligarchs/#comment-5822 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:09:06 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=10871#comment-5822 I am confused! The city has a population of (round figures), 1 Million. Where are these 1.7 Million households? I’m well-aware of two-car households, but two-homes?

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