A U.K. government agency has made quite a costly spelling mistake. Companies House, the United Kingdom’s registrar of companies, has been ordered to pay £8.8 million, roughly CDN$16.7 million, in damages to an engineering firm. And it all stemmed from one Companies House staffer mistakenly adding an extra letter to a businesses’ name.
The Daily Mail reports that 250 people lost their jobs after 134-year-old firm Taylor & Sons Ltd. was ruined by the inaccurate news it was liquidating. In fact, Taylor & Son Ltd., an entirely unrelated company, was going out of business. But when news broke, Taylor & Sons Ltd. customers and lenders were scared off, leading to its demise.
Perhaps wishing they could get a piece of that pie is Kamloops-based Ted Taylor & Sons Ltd. The excavating company has been in business in British Columbia since 1960.
Not to be confused with Taylor & Son Construction, a family owned and operated business out of Lindsay, Ont. They would be happy to supply you, according to its website, with a great pool and more.
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