Who would invest in the contracting sector?
Mark Roper
Oct 26, 2021
1 min read
I published this brief post on LinkedIn in February 2017 as a conversation starter. And, boy, did it ever start a conversation!
A contractor goes to see his Bank Manager for a loan.
He says:
"This is the proposition. I have recently been successful in securing a five year zero value framework with no guarantee of any work.
It is an all risks contract, which will return me a 2% margin if everything goes exactly to plan, and my client is looking for year on year efficiency savings of 5%.
If I make any gain share, the client wants half of it, and the amount is capped in any case".
Anyone want to guess the likely response?
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