back to article Brit government contractor CloudKubed enters administration

A self-described specialist supplier of "transformational data and AI solutions" to the UK government has called in the administrative receivers. CloudKubed, based in Witney, Oxfordshire, appointed FRP Advisory on January 6, according to a filing at Companies House, the official register of corporations in Britain. We asked …

  1. Vikingforties

    Assets

    Their marketing first word salad IP would have been a saleable asset a few years back but, sadly, AI has degraded it's value recently.

  2. simonlb Silver badge
    Trollface

    Strange Conicidence?

    What's that? A company set up during the pandemic (when government oversight seemed to have gone on a holiday) wins a number of government contracts then a couple of years later goes bust? I wonder where the money went? Or even if they delivered anything? Or (allegedly) bought a yacht with the cash? We'll probably never know.

    1. keithpeter Silver badge
      Windows

      Re: Strange Conicidence?

      Well, the company had at least one contractor (quoted in article), probably some employees, and was awarded some contracts so some kind of activity occured. I'm sure the non-executive director will be replying to The Register's question soon.

      (but I'm not holding my breath).

  3. Korev Silver badge
    Trollface

    According to its website, the business offered "scalable digital strategies," "portfolio transformation," "program and project management," "cloud and data engineering," "enterprise architecture," and "business transformation alignment," among other things.

    Had they put Digital transformation in there too then I'm sure they'd still be in business...

    1. Doctor Syntax Silver badge

      To be fair there probably wouldn't have been many other companies that could handle "Landing Zone Accelerator Delivery Enablement Management Services"

    2. nobody who matters Silver badge

      The description of their activities given on their website just comes across to me as more corporate bollox tbh :(

      1. Delbert

        Agreed

        Absolutely as if somebody pulled out an 2005 glossary of dubious terminology and strung random buzz words together.It is P T Barnum for the 21st century sadly the 'suckers' i.e. UK Government poured a fortune into the company which no doubt funded large excutive bonuses. Sadly if you use .gov websites like the HMCE you can see how incapable of oversight the departments are, Income Tax pages are a morass of large pretty (and totally unecessary) pictures which hamper usage and loading along with mazes of links which take users into blind alleys.

  4. abend0c4 Silver badge

    Can't beat their timing...

    ... their "Great Place to Work" certification apparently runs out at the end of the month.

  5. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge
    Facepalm

    AI... a new definition

    All

    In

    on going out of business.

    1. TimMaher Silver badge
      Coat

      Re: AI... a new definition

      How’s about Avoidable Idiocy?

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