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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Bain & Co barred from UK government contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa

Bain & Company office
Bain & Company has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Rick Friedman/Corbis/Getty Images

The global management consultancy Bain & Company has been barred from tendering for UK government contracts for three years after its “grave professional misconduct” in state corruption in South Africa, the Cabinet Office said.

Britain became the first western country to take this step, after pressure from the former Labour minister and anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain.

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