The businessman behind a failed call centre – which was handed £10million of public contracts – was leading a luxury lifestyle as staff lost their jobs just weeks before Christmas.David Harper was the boss of Glasgow-based Go-centric, which collapsed this month, leaving 650 staff – who were paid about £9 an hour – out of work.
But the Sunday Mail can reveal how the 42-year-old, who is linked to three failed companies, was enjoying lavish holidays abroad and lives in a £2million mansion.
We can also reveal how his collapsed firm – which handled Covid test and trace for NHS Scotland – was at the centre of an investigation over data breaches.
Raymond Young, a former member of staff at the firm, which used the motto “Kind Honest People”, said: “It is disgraceful that David Harper earns his living from taxpayer-funded government contracts, pays people low wages, then puts companies into liquidation at no notice, making hard-working people redundant.
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