CONSULTANTS who worked on the key contract at the centre of the Edinburgh trams fiasco pocketed fees of more than £1000 a day, the Sunday Herald can reveal.
Former TIE chief executive Richard Jeffrey was paid £150,000 in 2010-11 against £140,192 in the previous year -- a rise despite the project having all but stalled
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eXCLUSIVE By Paul Hutcheon
Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE) routinely increased the daily rates of the advisers, on top of expenses and bonus payments.
It can also be revealed that TIE’s outgoing chief executive, Richard Jeffrey, secured a 7% pay rise in a year that saw little or no progress being made to the line.
