Office refurbishment chief bribed building boss to win £6m contract

  Two company bosses met at a pub to agree a £10,000 bribe for office refurbishment projects worth £6m, a court heard. Stephen Banks, 55, offered to pay Graham Deakin, 58, up to £39,000 for the highly lucrative jobs in Curzon Street, Mayfair and Lower Thames Street in the City of London. Deakin, a former project manager at real estate company DTZ Debenham Tie Leung, sent emails to Bank, then Skansen Interiors managing director, detailing other companies in competition and…