Andy Bell argues the interim report of the FCA's platform market study hit the right note - acknowledging what is working while highlighting aspects that need further debate - and hopes the final report maintains that balance
"Vegetables … pumpkins … this is not news!" I snorted, as I watched a recent local TV news feature on a 50-stone pumpkin. Ah, but it apparently is news when that pumpkin weighs the same as the front row of a scrum. Relevance please? Well, the bigger something gets, the more interesting it becomes. It is fair to say the platform market has now grown to giant pumpkin proportions, worthy of an entry into the coveted Royal Horticultural Society ‘Look at the size of my vegetable' competition. Indeed, it has bypassed local news and is now firmly in the national news. The platform market is of ...
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