Steve Young: Should you go network or directly authorised?

The network versus directly authorised debate has been raging across the industry for decades, here Sense's Steve Young analyses the merits of both.

Nicola Brittain
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The network versus directly authorised debate has been raging across the industry for decades, here Sense's Steve Young analyses the merits of both.

"Recently, one of my colleagues asked me if I had ever written a piece on the relative merits and demerits of being in a network versus being directly authorised (DA). I had to confess that I have always shied away from a subject which is as nebulous as trying to write an essay on whether Liverpool or Everton are the best club on Merseyside. The problem with the Network/DA debate is that it is coloured with emotion and a complete lack of objectivity. Can I write a piece which can genuinely be seen as satisfying those two problems? Let's try! Firstly, let's get the issue of bias out...

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