The Phantom Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, P.K. said: Nothing vague about it having to be sterile! I've seen a lot of sterile stuff in my time. None of it has ever been in 3 bags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 4 hours ago, P.K. said: Nothing vague about it having to be sterile! Depends on how the sterility was to be assured in the terms of the contract, which may have specified triple wrapping, or some other ambiguous way in which sterility could be demonstrated. Not defending but just saying that it won't be as clear cut as you say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 6 hours ago, The Phantom said: They are going through contracts with a fine tooth comb, trying to find any way of going against the suppliers. As far as I understand there is nothing wrong with the PPE that Barrowman supplied Thanks for the update Mr Page. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 6 hours ago, The Phantom said: The UK Govt has warehouses full of PPE that they are never going to use after panic buying and paying over the odds. They are going through contracts with a fine tooth comb, trying to find any way of going against the suppliers. As far as I understand there is nothing wrong with the PPE that Barrowman supplied, other than it's not 'triple bagged' which there are some vagaries in the contract about. That's sort of my point. They're scrabbling around to find excuses to claw a few million back here and there. But the really big money won't be touched. The real abuse happened in the handing out of the contracts and the way there was no attempt to assess need or the cheapest or even quickest way to obtain supplies. Instead money was just handed out to the 'right' people via shell or just set-up companies, who usually had no experience in medical supply. But examining that would mean an awful lot of powerful and well-connected people were implicated and that the very system they operate was corrupt. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouty Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 And so it goes on ……. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baroness-mone-aide-sacked-ppe-medpro-282kg2gf2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Scouty said: And so it goes on ……. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baroness-mone-aide-sacked-ppe-medpro-282kg2gf2 From I can gather the aide is taking legal action. Should be very interesting relegations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 57 minutes ago, 2112 said: From I can gather the aide is taking legal action. Should be very interesting relegations. revelations too maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Very interesting. So now neither of the PPE medpro directors work for barrowman. Convenient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 The pad (house not bra insert) is still up for sale. £7,000,000.00 Estate agents efforts include pictures of the many opulent 'bathrooms' with the loo seat up. Class acts on both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Can someone post the article? Behind paywall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 46 minutes ago, x-in-man said: The pad (house not bra insert) is still up for sale. £7,000,000.00 Estate agents efforts include pictures of the many opulent 'bathrooms' with the loo seat up. Class acts on both sides. You you have a link? I couldn't find anything but Mone/Barrowman properties have a habit of appear on the market and then vanishing when someone notices. If it is, it will be a big drop from when they had it up for sale back in 2019 for £25 million. (Of course she told OK Magazine it was £120 million). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: You you have a link? I couldn't find anything but Mone/Barrowman properties have a habit of appear on the market and then vanishing when someone notices. If it is, it will be a big drop from when they had it up for sale back in 2019 for £25 million. (Of course she told OK Magazine it was £120 million). oooh, just had another look and it must be it's twin house that's for sale. the one I looked at is the other side of the main road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: (Of course she told OK Magazine it was £120 million). The only Manx property with that kind of price tag is the Liverpool landing stage. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 13 hours ago, Scouty said: And so it goes on ……. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/baroness-mone-aide-sacked-ppe-medpro-282kg2gf2 Can't get past the paywall. Anyone cut n paste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted August 6, 2023 Share Posted August 6, 2023 Quote A key aide to Baroness Mone and her husband, Douglas Barrowman, has been sacked from the PPE company that received more than £200 million of taxpayers’ money after she lobbied ministers. Anthony Page, an accountant, has also been removed from Barrowman’s offshore business empire for alleged gross misconduct. Page is contesting his dismissal at an employment tribunal on the Isle of Man. The spectacular falling-out is the latest twist in the scandal surrounding PPE Medpro, a previously unknown medical firm awarded multimillion-pound contracts during the pandemic after Mone, a Tory peer, recommended the company to Cabinet Office ministers. The company has been at the centre of a long-running bribery and corruption investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA). Mone, 51, has never declared a financial interest in PPE Medpro and has previously denied being connected to it in any way. However, last December it was claimed that Barrowman, 58, was paid at least £65 million in “profits” originating from PPE Medpro’s work. Almost £29 million of this was later transferred to an offshore trust that benefits Mone and her children, according to The Guardian. Page, a tax expert, has been linked with a string of companies run by Mone and Barrowman over the years, including one that looked after the peer’s image rights. Page, 47, was appointed a director and shareholder of PPE Medpro on May 12, 2020 — days after Mone told Michael Gove and Lord Agnew, both then Cabinet Office ministers, that she could help the government procure urgently needed PPE supplies. Within weeks the company had been granted two contracts to supply face masks and medical gowns with a total value of £203 million. Page was removed from his post at PPE Medpro several weeks ago. He has been replaced by Arthur Lancaster, another accountant who has previously worked with the Duke of York and his now-defunct Pitch@Palace initiative. Around the same time in May, Page was dismissed from his role at Barrowman’s Manx-based Knox Group of companies and his profile was erased from their websites. A spokesman for Barrowman said: “Following due employment process, Anthony Page was dismissed for gross misconduct from the employment of Knox Private Office. “Given that Mr Page has decided to contest the decision with the Manx employment tribunal, we are not in a position to make any further comment.” Page was contacted for comment. PPE Medpro said in a statement: “Arthur Lancaster has been appointed as a director of PPE Medpro to oversee the resolution of a contractual dispute and the administration of the company until the dispute is resolved. Mr Lancaster has not previously had any role or involvement with PPE Medpro.” The reference to a “dispute” is likely to relate to a High Court action brought against the company by the Department of Health and Social Care. The department is suing PPE Medpro for breach of contract and is seeking to recoup £122 million that was paid for 25 million medical gowns from China that were not used by the NHS following a quality inspection. Mone, a former lingerie tycoon nicknamed Baroness Bra, is being investigated separately by the House of Lords standards’ commissioner over possible breaches of parliamentary rules. Last December the peer announced that she was taking a leave of absence from parliament “in order to clear her name of the allegations unjustly levelled against her”. This followed claims that Mone and her family had benefited from the contracts awarded to PPE Medpro under the government’s “VIP lane” for politically connected companies. In April last year officers from the NCA raided six addresses linked to Mone and Barrowman in London and on the Isle of Man. The properties included the couple’s £25 million Manx estate and their residence in Belgravia. The central London townhouse, which is owned by offshore entities, was put up for sale last year at an initial asking price of £23 million. This was cut to £20 million within a day. Months later, the property remains on the market at just under £19 million. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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