Tom Levitt's new business venture

Well it seems that Tom Levitt certainly isn't letting the grass grow under his feet, and news has reached us that he has already set up his own company. Indeed, he's announced it on his linkedin page* (emphasis added):

Building on my considerable experience of the third/voluntary sector in UK I am in the process of setting up a consultancy on third sector/private sector partnerships: Sector 4 Focus.

Brief details of the company can be found here, and it seems that the company has been registered by a North London firm of accountants. A quick trip to the library look at the records held by Bureau van Dijk on the company shows that both Tom and Teresa Marta Levitt are the directors, and that the company was created on 2nd March 2010. A domain name has been registered on the same date by Tom Levitt.

Now it seems that Levitt's timing may be spot on. Looming deep cuts to the public sector will used as an opportunity to hive off the work of said sector to the voluntary sector. It's something which New Labour facilitated, and the Tories have talked about vastly expanding. Levitt has seen an opportunity to rake in consultancy fees.

There's a lot more background to this story, and it's something we'll no doubt explore before too long.

* - his page still mistakenly describes him as an MP