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A typo killed a 124 year old family business

theguardian.com

5 points by kameit00 2 years ago · 2 comments

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kameit00OP 2 years ago

How a mistake made by Companies House, a UK government agency responsible for registering companies, killed the 124-year old Welsh engineering firm Taylor & Sons Ltd. This led to Taylor & Sons' business evaporating as orders were cancelled and credit withdrawn due to believing the company had ceased operations.

Hackbraten 2 years ago

This is, hands down, the funniest Guardian piece I’ve ever read.

Kudos to the author.

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