Danny Sullivan Group hits back over HS2 allegations

The dispute was raised in Parliament this week when Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander stated an HMRC investigation was underway following an inside HS2 probe into labour provided to Balfour Beatty Vinci (BBV) within the West Midlands.

However Danny Sullivan Group stated it has acquired “no communications” from HMRC and an external-led evaluation commissioned by the agency has discovered it’s absolutely tax compliant.

An organization assertion stated: “As a enterprise with an extended and respected historical past, we’ve got handled these allegations extraordinarily severely and have investigated the contractual compliance points raised. These particularly relate to the inaccurate engagement of Development Trade Scheme (CIS) workforce operatives on HS2 the place we offer expert trades and labour.

“As a part of this work, we commissioned an externally-led evaluation by a number one skilled companies agency, assessing issues of contractual compliance in addition to endeavor an unbiased evaluation of inside governance and controls.

“The findings and suggestions of this report have been shared with our trusted purchasers, and the place errors have been made, we’ve got and proceed to place these proper. This contains having taken all the required steps to make sure full contractual compliance.

“All through this course of, no proof of bribery or deliberate wrongdoing involving any staff of our enterprise has been recognized.

“Danny Sullivan Group additionally needs to handle latest hypothesis and make sure that we’re absolutely compliant with all tax obligations, and are assured that every one related taxes have been – and proceed to be – paid.

“The problem underneath dialogue has been centered on the applying of employee kind classifications underneath our contractual agreements. As a big employer and trusted associate of among the UK’s greatest infrastructure firms, we take our accountability to uphold the best requirements of governance to all our stakeholders extraordinarily severely.

“We’re assured that our strong response and substantial funding in resolving these points will be sure that we emerge from this example a stronger and higher firm with best-in-class compliance and governance processes.

“Our work continues on the landmark HS2 tasks and plenty of different vital infrastructure tasks with our long-standing purchasers and companions throughout the UK.”