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Grainger: the corporate landlord cashing in on the housing crisis
With house prices unaffordable and social housing unavailable, seven million households are expected to be renting their homes privately by the middle of the next decade. That’s both a housing crisis
Besson St: Lewisham council and Grainger building private flats on demolished council estate
Besson Street in New Cross is the target for Lewisham Council’s first foray into the “private rented” market, working in a 50/50 joint venture with private developer Grainger PLC (see our
Waterstones paying millions to US ‘vulture fund’ owners while denying staff living wage
Waterstones staff are demanding to be paid the living wage. Management say the company can’t afford it but an investigation by Corporate Watch has found: Waterstones’ new owner – US hedge
Can the University of London afford to bring its workers in-house?
Cleaners, security guards, catering staff and other workers at the University of London are campaigning to be directly employed by the university, rather than through outsourcing companies. University management says it
It’s here: Worlds End!
Doom, despair, denial, depression, IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!! These are common reactions when people learn about the reality of climate change. Similarly, when people think about capitalism it can

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Mears Group: scandal-hit council housing profiteer turns asylum landlord

Mears is an outsourcing company working in two sectors: housing management, and home care. It has recently won the £1.15 billion Home Office contract to provide asylum seeker housing in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire and the North East of...

New asylum contracts: Mears Group and Migrant Help win big, as G4S loses housing deal

UK Border Regime: 4 events coming up in London, Bristol, Sheffield and Glasgow

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Grainger: the corporate landlord cashing in on the housing crisis

With house prices unaffordable and social housing unavailable, seven million households

Besson St: Lewisham council and Grainger building private flats on demolished council estate

Besson Street in New Cross is the target for Lewisham Council’s

Waterstones paying millions to US ‘vulture fund’ owners while denying staff living wage

Waterstones staff are demanding to be paid the living wage. Management

Can the University of London afford to bring its workers in-house?

Cleaners, security guards, catering staff and other workers at the University

It’s here: Worlds End!

Doom, despair, denial, depression, IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!! These

Tidemill update: the trees come down, the battle for Deptford continues

Corporate Watch has been glad to support Deptford people fighting the

Who’s gentrifying Deptford? Identifying the profiteers, making strategies

On Saturday 23 February Corporate Watch ran a meeting called “Who’s

Who’s gentrifying Deptford? 15 development schemes and the investors behind them

In the meeting with the Tidemill campaign, we started to make

Who’s gentrifying Deptford? public meeting with the Tidemill Campaign this Saturday

Councillors, Housing Associations, Property Developers, Investors … who are the companies and individuals pushing the gentrification of

Mears Group: scandal-hit council housing profiteer turns asylum landlord

Mears is an outsourcing company working in two sectors: housing management,

Elbit Systems: company profile

Elbit Systems, based in Haifa, is Israel’s largest privately-owned arms and

The Zombie Technofix

Relying on unproven technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage is

New asylum contracts: Mears Group and Migrant Help win big, as G4S loses housing deal

Update: see our new company profile of Mears Group here. A

Coming Soon: WORLDS END!

d Doom, despair, denial, depression, IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!!

Kier: Building controversy

Kier is a multinational construction company and the principal contractor building