Consumer Advice UK has closed
Consumer Advice UK was a trading style of 7 Marketing which has also closed.
I became suspicious of Consumer Advice UK towards the end of 2009 when certain things they were saying to me didnt quite add up.
Point in case: - I was contacted on 22 November 2009 by a representative of Consumer Advice UK saying that the Supreme Court had ruled favourably for consumers regarding excessive bank fees and that if I paid 100 now they would be able to claim back on all these fees for me. This was the RED FLAG for me - I knew that the ruling wasnt due until the Friday.
This led me to do some research on this company and its directors.
Originally Consumer Advice UK was acting as a call centre for Blue Sky Financial Claims based at Lancashire House, 24 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3JJ. Tel: 08000 11 11 02
Blue Sky was the processing company for the PPI Claims. However, I was told that Consumer Advice UK saw an opportunity to do the processing themselves, breaking away from Blue Sky and souring relations with them. This led to the website of Consumer Advice UK being suspended by Blue Sky who owned the rights to the website.
Consumer Advice UK then worked with Chatwins Solicitors (01792 224 060) who would make legal representation on behalf of Consumer Advice UK clients. I recently contacted Chatwins Solicitors (Alison Daniel) and I was advised that Consumer Advice UK is no longer on their panel of referrals.
I understand that many people have paid large sums of money to Consumer Advice UK in order to claim PPI back from credit lenders. I would therefore recommend that you contact Chatwins to establish whether you are on their database. If so they may be able to act directly on your behalf.
Unfortunately I was not on their database, contrary to what I had been told by Consumer Advice UK.
The Directors of Consumer Advice UK are / were: Mark Peter Hartson Tel: 01792 465 300 07879 415 527
Stephen Mark Davies Tel: 07545 787 204
Neil Andrew Mainwaring Robert Cooke Peter Stephen George Stephen John George Joanne Hartson Dave Hargreaves Chairman of Consumer Advice UK
Other addresses / businesses where these individuals can be reached are: -
No Sign Bar based at 56 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1EG Rabaiottis Chip Shop 7 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1AD
7 Financial Services The Exchange Buildings, Adelaide Street, Swansea, SA1 1SE (or SA1 1SH)Meridian Bay Ltd Apartment 71, Meridian Bay, Trawler Road, Swansea, SA1 1PL
Unfortunately I do not have all the personal contact details etc for all these individuals as yet, but I will publish as soon as I receive them.
Other businesses that all or some of these individuals are involved in are as follows: -
7 Leisure (Wales) Ltd is currently in administration 1 Leisure UK Ltd 2 Leisure UK Ltd 7 Leisure (2007) - Dormant 8 Leisure UK Ltd Meridian Bay LtdThe maze of appointments and resignations by these directors within these companies is suspicious and would lead me to believe that there is a deliberate tactic to confuse, mislead and deceive.
1 Leisure UK Ltd 04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed 25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated 2 Leisure UK Ltd 04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed 12-Nov-09 Mark Hartson Terminated 12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 07-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed 7 Leisure (Wales) is in administration Mark Hartson Robert Cooke Neil Mainwaring 7 Leisure (2007) Ltd (Dormant) 08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 08-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed 23-Sep-09 Stephen John George Terminated 18-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated 18-Jan-10 Robert Cooke Terminated 18-Jan-10 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 7 Marketing Ltd 25-Jul-08 Mark Hartson Terminated 25-Jul-08 Robert Cooke Terminated 01-Aug-08 Peter Stephen George Appointed 30-Mar-09 Mark Hartson Appointed 30-Mar-09 Robert Cooke Appointed 30-Mar-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 04-Jun-09 Neil Mainwaring Appointed 18-Sep-09 Peter George Terminated 12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 12-Nov-09 Unknown Terminated 7 Financial Services Ltd 08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 08-Jun-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated 8 Leisure UK Ltd 04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed 25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 11-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed 13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson TerminatedMeridian Bay
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed 10-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed 18-Sep-09 Mark Hartson Terminated 18-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated 18-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated 18-Sep-09 Stephen Davies TerminatedIn closing I would like to remind everybody that Consumer Advice UK was registered with the Ministry of Justice, Claims Management Regulation, Registration Number CRM 11995. I would encourage you to contact the Ministry of Justice and report your experience of Consumer Advice UK to them.
Claims Management Regulation Monitoring and Compliance Unit
57 60 High Street BurtonuponTrent Staffordshire DE14 1JS Telephone: 0845 450 6858 / 01283 233309 Fax: 0845 450 6866 / 01283 233335 Email: snipped-for-privacy@claimsregulation.gov.ukI would also encourage you to contact Sion Morgan of the South West Wales Evening Post who ran an article as recently as 15 January 2010 on Mark Hartson. Given the nature of the article and the facts as they have really unfolded I feel Ms Morgan with a little investigative journalism may have a much bigger story to tell next time
See article here: -
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