Sam Blackledge of Arrow County Supplies is listed as a director of the "Catering for Crisis" business Rapid Relief Team (RRT), other directors of RRT include brothers of contract winners Andy Turner brother of Ben Turner of Toffeln and Murray Robertson brother of Luke & Ross Robertson of Medco Solutions. The Brethren has around 20,000 UK members and includes a number of businesses and non-profit groups under its umbrella, charitable organisations such as the Rapid Relief Team, business consultancy UBT, and OneSchool Global (OSG). Lindum Packaging based in Stallingborough, North Lincolnshire. Directors include Ryan & Garth Parsons. Brethren women are expected to give up working once theyve had children. This company was run by a family who were a part of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). Orcagel again links to Unispace through director Garth Woodcock, the health & hygiene chemical products business has eight directors from the Cowie, Fowler & Woodcock families alongside Eric Hethrington. THE TRUSTEE FOR THE CHRISTIAN BRETHREN TRUST. Selkent Fastenings is a London based Fastenings & Fixing supplier. Back in 2016 when Alex compiled his lengthy feature on the movement, a Brethren-only school was situated in Foulston Avenue, Barne Barton. With computer usage now a necessity in any business, God fortuitously changed his mind in 2005 and made them OK for business use. Company director Samuel Drake holds the same role at OneBus Ltd, which is partly controlled by the Focus Learning Trust, which is a precursor to the OSG. Children must continue to live with their parents until they are married. Thats not aiming to put anyone down, the non-comms I met working there were more than capable of their roles & fantastic people. Sam formerly worked for Traxx Tyres, this has links to various winners of covid contracts. Be the first to find this review helpful. This business was based out of the same premises as another brethren PPE contract winning company Lovair Property. Among other beliefs, the group emphasises sola scriptura, the belief that the Bible is the supreme authority for church doctrine and practice over and above the mere tradition of men. Hegenberger Medical Ltd incorporated December 2021. The two current directors are Anthony Hazell of Unispace and Gregory Hales another son of Plymouth Brethren Church leader Bruce Hales. Things became difficult for me after this pand I left a few weeks later. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. TV and radio are not used, except in an educational setting at school, due to the fact that it is very difficult to filter out content. Yet the Brethren are very focused on having it all together and if you show the least sign of brokeness or sin, you get booted out." Jacomb was so terrified of having her doubts exposed that she . Were the elaborate rules that still stand today established to ensure good and proper Christian living? As we reported earlier this contract is interesting for the fact that it can only be supplier searched by entering Sterilab. The Stewards' trust was established in 1919 to provide financial support to Brethren assemblies, and currently owns around 150 of the 200-odd Brethren assembly properties in New Zealand. Inivos the Peterborough & Kings Lynn based company is an infection prevention & control business who did very well out of the pandemic supplying PPE. Pros. Arrow County Supplies is a cleaning products supplier based in Shrewsbury. [26] GPH Society [ edit] Jim passed away in 1970 shortly after The Aberdeen Incident whereby he drunkenly demanded married women to his bed. The contract awarded to Sante Global Ltd is for a total of 271,500,000 which would bring the total won by Unispace/Sante Global to a staggering 950 million. We volunteer extensively. It meant no TV, radio or recorded music, no pets, parties . All businesses owned by Plymouth Brethren operate independently of the Church and do not fund the Church. - providing lunch to staff but they themselves dont sit at the table - women will wear skirts and dresses (not too revealing or short) as opposed to jeans etc. Toffeln is a Bristol based footwear company owned by the Leflaive family. We would spend hours, sitting and watching him fill out spreadsheets that should have been done on his own time. The Brethren generally have been cautious in embracing new technologies brought about through the electronic age, concerned about how to use these technologies without any harm to the user. The children attend the local schools until about 9yr old when they move on to their own faith school. Lion Safety are a PPE supplier based in Grangemouth and owned by Lewis family. I see it all the time when I get lost in comments threads, which I often do. They were awarded two contracts by the DHSC. He mentioned that they just do a couple of slightly 'odd' things from a workplace p.o.v e.g. There is no opposition. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. UK-based psychologist Jill Mytton - who was born into the Brethren but left in 1960 when she was 16 - recently surveyed former worldwide members of the Church and found 27 per cent of a large. While some connections therefore may be coincidental, there is a sufficient number of confirmed links to ask why an organisation with so few members should be associated with such a large volume of PPE contracts. By our reckoning contracts have been awarded to 54 companies and now total well over 2.2 Billion, that is correct over 2.2 Billion! Farr is yet another listed as an ex director of Novus Trading. Any comments much appreciated and have a lovely day. Blackledge is also a current director of the Universal Business Team, other directors include Andrew Critchley formerly a director of Oska Care, Timothy Barter father of Michael Barter a director of Techniclean. She was not replaced. Even the small ones, like having a peruse on social media, listening to music, reading the news, zoning out in front of Netflix, growing a beard or tying your hair up You get to wake up day after day and make that choice. Within 4 weeks she had disappeared, never to be seen again. The first Brethren assembly in England was established at Plymouth in 1831 which is why Brethren are often called Plymouth Brethren. The company is owned by the Blackledge family and the business was awarded a number of contracts during the pandemic. According to its website, the OSG operates 130 campuses with 2,500 staff across 21 countries. For decades he has written letters to the Brethren leadership urging them to cease the practice of severing families. The network began in Australia and now we have more than 23 campuses across the country. However, most members do use computers at home, work or school, with appropriate internet filtering, reports SomersetLive. The biggest contact for over 271 million was for the supply of Lateral Flow Tests (LFT's). Prior to the pandemic this appeared to be predominantly in relation to trolleys and drawer consumable for the trolleys. The business is owned by the Calder family with current directors Ben & Marcus showing on companies house for Baca Workwear & Safety. 47 036 078 343. Another company called Tower Supplies, based in Dorset, appears to have been awarded more than 40 million in two contracts to supply PPE. Many big brands are intensely religious, even though consumers may not realize it. On a Sunday, they attend church up to three times. Alex Nunn listed as a director of Ureka is also a former director of Novus Trading. Dick. Use of Technologies Though the company confirmed to Byline Times that a Nick Walker is a director, the school has not not replied to inquiries to confirm whether the same Nick Walker is a trustee. Biblical prophecy and the Second Coming of Christ were emphasized. Dermott is an ex director of Causeway Vision. It would seem hospitals are an exception). Ross Robertson is a share holder in Sante Trading Co, formerly Unispace Health. Springfield Supplies & Projects is a furniture supplier in Bristol ran by the Baker family. A Plymouth Brethren church and congregation The movement began in Dublin in the late 1820s with a group of men (John Nelson Darby, Anthony Norris Groves, John Bellett, Edward Cronin and Francis. Unispace links to Oska Care, Orcagel, Ocura Healthcare Furniture & Archer Marketing which all operate in the North East of Scotland. The Focus Learning Trust, that runs the schools, is affiliated to the Brethren. Brethren and their companies are encouraged to buy their supplies, groceries, petrol, internet, insurance - the whole range of goods and services - from companies that give cash back to the. 31/08/2013 22:55. Currently with three directors Roger, Ralph & Laurie Lewis and with one ex director Kevin Michel. Unsurprisingly, marriage typically happens at a relatively young age. Ascot Signs Ltd are based in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The sect has members in countries across the world but the. Current directors are Andrew, Graeme & Roger Paterson. And by this point, I would hope that you reader, have asked yourself this very question a number of times why wouldnt you just leave? Directors are father & son, Mark & Daniel Reiner. Meetings mostly entailed the group talking him through doing his own work. She worked hard, long hours, but questioned her own ability at every turn. The PA to the sales director (and just about everybody else) was a middle-aged woman who had never married & still worked full time. They recognise and follow through on their responsibility to provide for their families financially by earning an honest living. One year later in June 2014, two more directors were added to the business, Dale Woodcock, the younger brother of Garth and Sebastian Parsons, a son of Cyril Parsons. The Turner family business lists seven directors including Stephen & Craig Turner, Craig is also a current director & Stephen an ex director of Nexus Team Ltd. Stephen was also a director of the now dissolved Breckland Park School Ltd along with David Temple of Eastpoint. Active. Some of these companies also have further connections to more companies that won covid contracts. Meanwhile, a Nick Walker is named as a trustee of OneSchool Global UK Knockloughrim Campus, which is part of the Focus Learning Trust. CEO Approval. At OneSchool, we want our students to process information perceptually, analyse data accurately, and evaluate situations intelligently, and fulfil their true potential. Peter Harrison, 'elder' to the ex-Brethren Another person caught up in the Thompson and Clark surveillance is an 84-year-old ex-Brethren man in Palmerston North named Peter Harrison. Whilst the duty of church meetings called at 6PM daily and people were generally out of the door by 5, people would arrive at the office incredibly early. Box 3504 Kalamazoo, Michigan 49003-3504 269-375-5535 (fax) www.chryslerclub.org Dues: $35/year; Membership: 4,000. On the other hand, Aidan was an overachiever, he frequently had bright ideas for the business and genuinely seemed to care about its success. They list Lloyd & Bronwen Robertson as directors. She was awesome, wore power suits, had short hair and took no nonsense. Medaco another Bristol based business owned by the Smallridge family. The unifying feature of all UBT's clients is that the owners are parishioners of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (PBCC). In addition, the religious group owns many gospel halls up and down the UK. It just seemed, well, non-optional. At Open & Candid we have previously highlighted that Blueleaf were awarded a contract to supply face masks to the DHSC worth 4,000,000, the oddity about this contract is that when cross referenced with payments over 25,000 published by the DHSC each month, that the payments appear to add up to well over 30,000,000. Ex directors include Timothy Browning and ex Zest Trading director Charles Ker. New to Byline Times? Believers in the movement felt that the established Church of England had abandoned or distorted many of the ancient traditions of Christendom, following decades of dissent and the expansion of Methodism and political revolutions in the United States and France. You can wear trousers, but you might get looked at funny. But thats coming from someone who was allowed to eat lunch with them. In the 6 months from my starting to my departure, he changed from this smiley, intuitive, genius as he was often referred to around the office, to someone who physically aged 10 years in front of my eyes and would struggle to keep his eyes open in meetings. . Each Gospel hall trust is autonomous and is run by its own board of trustees. Great company to work for, great team that motivate and care for all involved, employees, customers and suppliers. They dont care about non community only themselves actually think they are the opposite to good but pure evil. The family business listed Garth, Mark, Benjamin & Daniel Woodcock alongside Alistair Wickland as directors. The Brethren are no strangers to controversy, condemned for a tendency to harshly excommunicate and isolate those who fall foul of its practices and beliefs . it was the one who came from a humbler background, who went to the ends of the earth to do a good job. Fancy receiving an email each month with all of my latest content? It would not be uncommon to come in and find emails sent during the wee hours of the morning. The Exclusive Brethren is a Christian sect that split from the Church of England in the early 1800s and has established itself in rural communities across Australia and the world. Though Tower Supplies does not appear to be a limited company the Aris's are named as directors of a number of businesses including Vista 4, where Jonathan is listed as a current director. In January this year, he was accused of assault by two former members on a public street next to his fathers mansion in Australia, where he lives next door. If there are any close links between the brethren member companies and the hardest question of all was there any connection to the UK government? Clandeboye Agencies were awarded two contracts to supply gowns to the DHSC. The more I learned, the more uncomfortable I felt. Youve been brought up your whole life believing that your little sect is right and the rest of the world is wrong & going to hell. Ran by the McMullan's, Dermott & Jamie. Some of the more hardline Brethren groups even reportedly refuse to eat among non-members or strangers. In terms of PPE supply and gloves, one company jumped out straightaway, a company called Gloves4u Ltd. He would miss meetings and return to the office with his hair freshly cut. Accora Ltd won a 248,000 contract to supply hospital beds to NHS Scotland. I was instantly fascinated by the Brethren women. Inivos is owned by the Fentiman family, the company was originally registered as Specialist Health Solutions Ltd, in Kings Lynn but is now registered in London under the Inivos name. Director of Meraki Global Investments with Dean Hales the cousin of Gareth & Charles Hales (owners of Sante Global LLP & formerly Unispace Global), Director of Meraki Global Investments with Lee Hazell the brother of Anthony Hazell (director of Unispace Global & named in some of the Sante companies), Director of Meraki Global Investments with Myles Woodcock the son of Garth Woodcock (co founder of Unispace Global), Agile Group Holdings Ltd alongside Anita Glass, Receptek Ltd alongside Anita Glass incorporated back in 2006. It was local to where myself and my partner had decided to situate ourselves in the UK. Formally known as the Exclusive Brethren. Receive our monthly print edition and help to support fearless, independent journalism. It says that the School is generously supported via the donation of time and financial support by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. As the ability to do this has developed, tools have been embraced to enable PlymouthBrethren members to operate their businesses effectively, and in full accordance with financial and legal requirements. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. I couldnt help but wonder if we, the non-comms in the business, were the right people for the job, or just a box ticking exercise. The company owned by the Reiner family, was awarded a contract for PPE by the DHSC totalling 3,940,000 to supply facemasks. The difference is, it would be their choice. This was no ordinary construction company. For many, leaving their family simply isnt a choice. In March 2020, Ross was the Principal, Global Enterprise Accounts at Unispace Global Ltd. Luke was a director of Snaffle Solutions Ltd alongside co director Daniel Reiner, Luke previously was employed for over 7 years at Office Principles Ltd, owned by Cyril Parsons, Cyril is the co-founder of Unispace Global & father of Sebastian Parsons of Sante Global LLP & formerly Unispace Global. If you dont, and think youre entitled to the internet (described by a Brethren leader as a pipeline to filth) then why are you even part of the PBCC? Some members children attend schools run by One School Global and Focus Learning Trust. Innova Care Concepts are based in Wetherby. One contract was concluded on 24 April this year, the other ended just a day later. So, what gives? Their cousin Estelle is the sister in law of Chris Glass of Agile Medical. PlymouthBrethren businesses would typically be considered good corporate citizens. Nexus Team is the company that supports Campus & Co at the OneSchool Global campus in Swaffham. They was very supportive and provided a fantastic, structured, secure place to work. Byline Times has uncovered about a dozen connections between trustees listed amongst this school and church network, who also appear to be directors and shareholders at companies awarded PPE and ventilator procurement contracts by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The Australian company Unispace Global PTY Ltd was owned by brothers Gareth & Charles Hales, both sons of 'the man of god' Bruce Hales. The directors of the company are Tim Pocock, his son Joseph Pocock and Keith Wade. With regards to mobile phones, they are purchased through their own suppliers and are restricted to block social media apps, amongst others. Overall tax efficiencies on construction & development must be very profitable for brethren companies and members. Plymouth Brethren members are also involved in the import and resale of hardware for industry, such as welding equipment. No support, no previous experience in the wider world. The prime concern has been how to use thesetechnologieswithout any harm to the user. Owned by the Sellars family they are a transit packaging business with a number of well known clients including Iceland, Thorntons & Halewood International. Unispace Supply was incorporated on 26th August 2020, now following a name change is called Sante Global Holdings LLP, it is a dormant business with Charles & Gareth Hales, Sante Property Ltd (Ralph Green) & 250 Management Ltd (Sebastian Parsons) listed as directors & shareholders. They were owned at the start of the pandemic by Garth Christie & his son Neil, Garth Christie is one of the church "elders", he was very familiar with government, he was one of the frontmen for the dealing with the appeal against the charity commission, that went through parliament back in 2013, the other frontman was Bruce Hazell, who just happens to be Anthony Hazell's uncle. Companies House lists Alex Michael Nunn as one of the directors of Ureka - the same, full name as a trustee listed at the Brethren-supporting Cardiff Gospel Hall Trust. I have my own opinion and lucky for you, youre entitled to yours. If you were to research Ross & Luke Robertson, looking at their profiles on Linkedin, you will find that their career history would not show Unispace, Snaffle or Office Principles. They have recently relocated to near by Wetherby, They have been awarded over 280 million in Testing related covid contracts by the DHSC. They are based in Peterhead, with a London based showroom sharing the same address as Oska Care, Orcagel also has an Irish based distributor called GC group in Derry. He did business training with UBT and, before that, attended Wilton Park School in Salisbury, which was part of the Brethren network. The Magee brothers who are directors of the company are Paul, Marcus & Alan. Youd be alone for the first time in your life. It also shows Myles Woodcock (son of Garth Woodcock) as the Sales Director. The movement soon spread throughout the United Kingdom and by 1845, the assembly in Plymouth had more than 1,000 people in fellowship. The companies owned by the Charles & Gareth Hales. They add a further 570 million in covid contracts to the total awarded to companies owned by members of the Plymouth Brethren. In June 2013, the partner of Garth Woodcock's niece, Anthony Hazell was added as a director. They also have an office in Colchester. Andrew was formerly a director of the now dissolved Hughes Travel Limited. Work pressure can be high at times. 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Why would someone want to change or hide their work history? And if youre not, then tut tut) are non-community members or non-comms for short. Graham Whitbourn a Beaver Healthcare director is also still listed as a current director of Jesmond Construction. There are a number of links to other Brethren businesses including Ocura Healthcare Furniture director Christopher Doughty whose linkedin profile includes an endorsement for management from Joel Doughty.