Dealing with a new firm? Jon Honeyball recommends you do your own digging

There is a website that I refer to every few days. It typifies government-run sites, because it is an infuriating mix of excellence, highly useful capabilities and annoying features. I’m referring to the Companies House site. Whenever I’m taken to a site for a service I don’t know which is processing information about me, I want to know where the company is based and what’s behind it. This morning, I received an email about a scan I’m having at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, part of Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Nothing of concern there: it’s an NHS appointment made through my GP. To access the letter of instructions, telling me where and when to attend, I had to visit a third-party website. This company provides IT services to the NHS and acts as a…

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