Highways England had a very strict antibribery policy that made it difficult for legitimate vendors, as we literally couldn't offer them a sandwich during site meetings according to their own rules. Lavish hospitality and overnight accommodation were banned. It is APPALLING that the giver of this wildly excessive hospitality was dismissed but the recipient wasn't.
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bd40b7cb-09b1-410b-9102-0db6dc2c5831 - I can't find Highways England's/National Highways's policy online but from memory I think it's 90% identical to the Highways Agency's policy that predated the golf affair.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
