Friday, 25 May 2012

Norwich rocked by procurement row

05/03/2010 | By Jamie Obertelli

Norwich Council’s housing department has become embroiled in a second major dispute in just over a year after being prevented from awarding a £17.5 million housing maintenance contract.

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