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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Peter Unwin CB named as Natural England Deputy Chair

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    News story

    Peter Unwin CB named as Natural England Deputy Chair

    Peter Unwin CB named as new Deputy Chair of the government’s statutory advisor on nature

    Peter Unwin CB has been appointed as Deputy Chair of Natural England (NE).

    Peter’s term will run from 1 April 2025 until 31 December 2025. He became a Natural England Board Member on 1 June 2020 and was reappointed in 2023 for a second term of three years from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2026.

    Natural England is a non-departmental public body, set up under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006. Its remit is to ensure the natural environment is conserved, enhanced and managed for the benefit of present and future generations. Non-executive board members of Natural England have collective responsibility for the strategic direction and overall performance of the organisation. They make sure that Natural England is properly and effectively managed and provide stewardship for the public funds entrusted to the organisation.

    A recruitment exercise for the Natural England board is expected to start in the summer, including for a permanent Deputy Chair from 1 January 2026. Further details on board members can be found on gov.uk.

    Biography

    • Peter Unwin is an ex-civil servant with 10 years of Board-level experience as Director General at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), the then Department for Communities and Local Government, and a spell as acting Permanent Secretary at Defra. He worked across a wide range of policy areas, including the natural environment, climate change, agriculture, local government and planning.
    • After leaving the Civil Service in 2015, he spent four years as Chief Executive of the Whitehall & Industry Group, an independent charity promoting leadership development and understanding between government, industry and the not-for-profit sector.
    • Peter was awarded a CB for services to the environment in 2011 and is a member of the Aldersgate Group.

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    Published 29 May 2025

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Insolvency Service publishes new Individual Voluntary Arrangement protocol to help protect people in debt

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Insolvency Service publishes new Individual Voluntary Arrangement protocol to help protect people in debt

    New protocol is the result of the agency working with organisations across the sector to improve support for people considering an IVA.

    • The changes to the IVA protocol bring further clarity and certainty for both consumers and creditors. 

    • Research published in October 2024, showed concerning evidence of poor practice by some providers.  

    • The revised protocol comes into effect from 1 June 2025 and is the product of the agency working alongside regulators, creditors, IVA providers and charities.  

    The Insolvency Service has published a revised Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) protocol to improve the service currently offered to people in debt and safeguard them from poor practice.  

    IVAs are a legally binding agreement between a person who is insolvent and their creditors.   

    The new protocol includes an easy-to-read ‘key facts’ document which will be given to people in debt before they sign up to an IVA. The protocol also gives greater clarity to Insolvency Practitioners about their responsibilities when giving advice about IVAs. 

    It is the result of a collaboration between the Insolvency Service, regulators, the trade association R3, creditors, providers and charities following 2024 research which found poor practice among some IVA providers. 

    Claire Hardgrave, the Head of Insolvency Practitioner Regulation for the Insolvency Service said:  

    It is vital that people with debt problems are always given quality advice.  

    At the same time, Insolvency Practitioners need access to clear guidance in order to provide the best service possible.  

    Since the publication of our report, we have been working with regulators and have met with Insolvency Practitioners to discuss our plans. 

    This protocol provides much-needed safeguards and transparency for all concerned, ensuring there are fewer grey areas for the practice, and that people in debt are supported from the very start.

    Marcial Boo, Chief Executive of the Insolvency Practitioners Association, added:  

    It is vital that Insolvency Practitioners meet high standards when supporting people in financial distress.  

    The revised IVA Protocol marks a significant improvement in the framework for the fair, efficient administration of consumer IVAs, including changes that the IPA, as the largest regulator for the sector across the UK, has long been advocating for.  

    We will continue to work with the Insolvency Service and others to ensure that the new protocol is applied in practice to bring benefit to debtors and creditors alike.

    In 2024, the Insolvency Service published research into the provision of IVAs, looking at 310 which had been both registered and terminated between 2021 and 2023, finding that 60 per cent showed evidence of poor practice in the early stages. 

    The new ‘key facts’ document, will be given to consumers before they agree an IVA proposal and provides greater clarity on what to expect. It covers key areas, including implications for homeowners, fees charged by IVA providers, how monthly repayments are calculated and individual credit scores.  

    Some of the main changes to the protocol include:  

    • Clearer guidance for when an IVA is not suitable, for example, if a consumer qualifies for a Debt Relief Order. 

    • The consumer’s family home will no longer form part of their IVA if the providers and creditors follow the protocol. 

    • Where an IVA is terminated, a requirement that the supervisor should signpost the consumer to free, regulated debt advice. 

    The revised protocol is the product of the IVA standing committee (IVASC) of which the Insolvency Service is a member alongside the Recognised Professional Bodies (RPBs). 

    It involved all parties working together to agree a product which was easier to understand and provides greater clarity and certainty for consumers, creditors and Insolvency Practitioners. 

    Across England and Wales, a total of 64,050 IVAs were registered in 2024.   

    IVAs are administered by licensed Insolvency Practitioners, usually last for between five and six years, to pay off debts affordably monthly contributions 

    Anyone in problem debt should seek free, regulated debt advice and ask about the breathing space service while they explore possible solutions to suit their circumstances.

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    Published 29 May 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Global: There’s no evidence work requirements for Medicaid recipients will boost employment, but they are a key piece of Republican spending bill

    Source: The Conversation – USA – By Colin Gordon, Professor of History, University of Iowa

    Work requirements for receiving government benefits have a long history. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

    Republicans in the U.S. Senate are sparring over their version of the multitrillion-dollar budget and immigration bill the House of Representatives passed on May 22, 2025.

    Some GOP senators are insisting on shrinking the budget deficit, which the House version would increase by about US$3.8 trillion over a decade.

    Others are saying they oppose the House’s cost-cutting provisions for Medicaid, the government’s health insurance program for people who are low income or have disabilities.

    Despite the calls from U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri and a few other Republican senators to protect Medicaid, as a scholar of American social policy I’m expecting to see the Senate embrace the introduction of work requirements for many adults under 65 who get health insurance through the program.

    The House version calls for the states, which administer Medicaid within their borders and help pay for the program, to adopt work requirements by the end of 2026. The effect of this policy, animated by the conviction that coverage is too generous and too easy to obtain, will be to deny Medicaid eligibility to millions of those currently covered – leaving them without access to basic health services, including preventive care and the management of ongoing conditions such as asthma or diabetes.

    Ending welfare

    The notion that people who get government benefits should prove that they deserve them, ideally through paid labor, is now centuries old. This conviction underlay the Victorian workhouses in 19th-century England that Charles Dickens critiqued through his novels.

    U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., put it bluntly earlier this month: Medicaid is “subsidizing capable adults who choose not to work,” he said.

    Demonstrators in Illinois hold signs in support of Medicaid in 2018.
    Charles Edward Miller via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

    This idea also animated the development of the American welfare state, from its origins in the 1930s organized around the goals of maintaining civil order and compelling paid labor. Enforcing work obligations ensured the ready availability of low-wage labor and supported the growing assumption that only paid labor could redeem the lives and aspirations of the poor.

    “We started offering hope and opportunity along with the welfare check,” Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson argued in the early 1990s, “and expecting certain responsibilities in return.”

    This concept also was at the heart of the U.S. government’s bid to end “welfare as we know it.”

    In 1996, the Democratic Clinton administration replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC, a long-standing entitlement to cash assistance for low-income families, with Temporary Aid for Needy Families, known commonly as TANF. The TANF program, as its name indicates, was limited to short-term support, with the expectation that most people getting these benefits would soon gain long-term employment.

    Since 1996, Republicans serving at the state and federal levels of government have pressed to extend this principle to other programs that help low-income people. They’ve insisted, as President Donald Trump put it halfway through his first term, that unconditional benefits have “delayed economic independence, perpetuated poverty, and weakened family bonds.”

    Such claims are unsupported. There is no evidence to suggest that work requirements have ever galvanized independence or lifted low-income people out of poverty. Instead, they have punished low-income people by denying them the benefits or assistance they require.

    Work requirements haven’t worked

    Work requirements have consistently failed as a spur to employment. The transition from the AFDC to TANF required low-income families to meet work requirements, new administrative burdens and punitive sanctions.

    The new work expectations, rolled out in 1997, were not accompanied by supporting policies, especially the child care subsidies that many low-income parents with young children require to hold a job. They were also at odds with the very low-paying and unstable jobs available to those transitioning from welfare.

    Scholars found that TANF did less to lift families out of poverty than it did to shuffle its burden, helping the nearly poor at the expense of the very poor.

    The program took an especially large toll on low-income Black women, as work requirements exposed recipients to long-standing patterns of racial and gender discrimination in private labor markets.

    Restricting access to SNAP

    Work requirements tied to other government programs have similar track records.

    The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps millions of Americans buy groceries, adopted work requirements for able-bodied adults in 1996.

    Researchers have found that SNAP’s work requirements have pared back eligibility without any measurable increase in labor force participation.

    As happens with TANF, most people with SNAP benefits who have to comply with SNAP work requirements are already working to the degree their personal circumstances and local labor markets allow.

    The requirements don’t encourage SNAP recipients to work more hours; they simply lead people to be overwhelmed by red tape and stop renewing their SNAP benefits.

    Failing in Arkansas

    The logic of work requirements collapses entirely when extended to Medicaid.

    Red states have been pressing for years for waivers that would allow them to experiment with work requirements – especially for the abled-bodied, working-age adults who gained coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion.

    The first Trump administration granted 13 such waivers for what it saw as “meritorious innovations,” building “on the human dignity that comes with training, employment and independence.”

    The House passed the budget bill on May 22, 2025. It includes steep cuts to Medicaid and imposes work requirements for eligibility.

    Arkansas got the furthest with adding work requirements to Medicaid at that time. The results were disappointing.

    “We found no evidence that the policy succeeded in its stated goal of promoting work,” as one research team concluded, “and instead found substantial evidence of harm to health care coverage and access.”

    The Biden administration slowed down the implementation of these waivers by directing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to suspend or stem any state programs that eroded coverage. Meanwhile, state courts consistently ruled against the use of Medicaid work requirements.

    In Trump’s second term, Iowa, Arizona and at least a dozen other states have proposed “work requirement” waivers for federal approval.

    Trying it again

    The waiver process is meant to allow state experiments to further the statutory objectives of the Medicaid program, which is to furnish “medical assistance on behalf of families with dependent children and of aged, blind, or disabled individuals, whose income and resources are insufficient to meet the costs of necessary medical services.”

    On these grounds, the courts have consistently held that state waivers imposing work requirements not only fail to promote Medicaid’s objectives but amount to an arbitrary and capricious effort to undermine those objectives.

    “The text of the statute includes one primary purpose,” the D.C. Circuit ruled in 2020, “which is providing health care coverage without any restriction geared to healthy outcomes, financial independence or transition to commercial coverage.”

    Changing Medicaid in all states

    The House spending bill includes a work requirement that would require all able-bodied, childless adults under 65 to demonstrate that they had worked, volunteered or participated in job training for 80 hours in the month before enrollment.

    It would also allow states to extend such work requirements to six months and apply the new requirements not just to Medicaid recipients but to people who get subsidized health insurance through an Affordable Care Act exchange.

    If passed in some form by the Senate, the House spending bill would transform the landscape of Medicaid work requirements, pushing an estimated 4.8 million Americans into the ranks of the uninsured.

    Colin Gordon does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. There’s no evidence work requirements for Medicaid recipients will boost employment, but they are a key piece of Republican spending bill – https://theconversation.com/theres-no-evidence-work-requirements-for-medicaid-recipients-will-boost-employment-but-they-are-a-key-piece-of-republican-spending-bill-257289

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Avoid getting caught out by scams

    Source: Northern Ireland Direct

    Date published:

    Beware being caught out by fraudsters and scammers. There are steps you can take to be wiser about scams and report anything you suspect is a scam.

    Scams

    Scams target people of all ages and backgrounds, and are becoming more and more sophisticated.

    People are commonly targeted by email, phone and online.

    You can find out more, including a list of recent scams, in the following section:

    Report a scam

    Many people who are scammed feel they are to blame to falling for it, but it’s not their fault.

    Reporting scams is vitally important, as:

    • it helps catch fraudsters
    • it can help to alert others and prevent them from falling victim

    If you have – or know someone who has – been a victim of a scam or fraud, no matter how small, you should report it to:

    or

     Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.

    More useful links

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  • MIL-OSI: Intermex Named Founding Partner of Dignity Health Sports Park and the Official International Remittance Partner of the LA Galaxy

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LOS ANGELES and MIAMI, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The reigning 2024 MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy and their home stadium, Dignity Health Sports Park (DHSP), have launched a new partnership with International Money Express, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMXI) (Intermex), a leading money remittance provider to Latin America and the Caribbean. The multiyear agreement, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, makes Intermex the Official International Remittance Partner of the LA Galaxy and a Founding Partner of Dignity Health Sports Park, a premium and category-exclusive designation. The partnership marks the first time the team, the venue, and AEG have partnered with a brand in the international remittance category. This also represents Intermex’s first official partnership in sports—making it a first-of-its-kind collaboration.

    “Our partnership with the LA Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park is about showing up for the people who have always been at the center of this sport,” said Marcelo Theodoro, Chief Product, Marketing & Digital Officer at Intermex. “For so many Latino families, fútbol isn’t just entertainment, it’s a part of who we are. This collaboration allows us to celebrate that connection in a meaningful way, both on and off the field.”

    Founded in 1994, around the same time as the LA Galaxy and Major League Soccer, Intermex and soccer have grown in parallel, earning trust among Latino communities in the U.S. and abroad. Headquartered in Miami, Intermex enables digital money transfers from the U.S., Canada, and Europe to more than 60 countries, with a strong focus on Latin America. The company offers a multi-channel delivery experience via its app, website, retail locations, as well as WhatsApp. Known for its human-first customer service, including Spanish-first support for underbanked and immigrant communities, Intermex has become a trusted provider for millions of Latino families.

    With Los Angeles being one of Intermex’s most strategically important U.S. markets, the LA Galaxy presents a timely and culturally significant opportunity to deepen its ties with a region where soccer is thriving. Across the United States, especially in Southern California, soccer has emerged as one of the fastest-growing sports, driven in large part by Latino communities where the game has long served as a source of cultural pride and generational connection. More than five million Latinos call Los Angeles home, and across California, nearly 70% of MLS viewership comes from Latino fans—making the region a powerful intersection of culture, sport, and community. The agreement also extends through two of the most significant global sporting events set to take place in Los Angeles: the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, offering unmatched exposure and relevance during pivotal moments for the sport.

    “We are excited to welcome Intermex to the Galaxy family,” said LA Galaxy President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Braun. “This is a values-driven brand that understands the importance of language, culture, and legacy. Together, we’re building something that resonates on and off the pitch.”

    As a Founding Partner of Dignity Health Sports Park, Intermex will enjoy premium brand visibility throughout the venue and will be fully integrated into the fan journey—from driveway to pitch. This includes prominent freeway marquee signage, scoreboard integrations, concourse placements, plaza wall signage, and various digital menu boards across the property.

    “Intermex is a brand that truly understands the people we serve,” said Katie Pandolfo, General Manager of Dignity Health Sports Park. “Their partnership reinforces our shared commitment to elevating the guest experience while creating lasting impact across our community.”

    As part of the agreement, Intermex also becomes the Presenting Partner of the LA Galaxy Soccer Center – a 73,000-square-foot facility in Torrance, California dedicated to futsal and recreational sports. Intermex’s partnership will support year-round youth and adult programming at the center, helping preserve a vital hub for thousands of local families and athletes of all ages.

    “Intermex is setting a new standard for what culturally relevant, community-rooted partnerships in sports can look like and achieve,” said Rashid Dadashi, Senior Director, AEG Global Partnerships. “Soccer is central to the lives of their customers and our fans, and our collaboration provides an opportunity to engage authentically and consistently in one of their highest-priority markets. They’re a brand that leads with purpose and understands the power of showing up where it matters most.”

    Further amplifying the cultural impact of the partnership, Intermex will be the Title Night Partner of the 2025 Mexican Heritage Night, taking place on September 20 against FC Cincinnati – one of the club’s most highly anticipated cultural theme nights of the season. Additionally, Intermex will engage fans as the Presenting Partner of “Cobi Club” – an original content series from the LA Galaxy that explores football chatter with current trends and popular culture, giving every fan – fanatics and casuals fans alike – something to enjoy.

    With nearly 30 years of trusted service and deep roots in Latino communities across the globe, Intermex’s entry into sports sponsorship marks a new chapter in its mission to empower, connect, and uplift the people who drive its business – one built on trust, cultural alignment, and the beautiful game.

    ABOUT INTERMEX
    Founded in 1994, Intermex applies proprietary technology to enable consumers to send money from the United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany to more than 60 countries. The company facilitates digital money movement through its website and mobile app, as well as through a vast network of retail agents and company-operated stores. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Intermex also operates international offices in Puebla, Mexico; Guatemala City, Guatemala; London, England; and Madrid, Spain. Lear more at www.intermexonline.com. 

    ABOUT LA GALAXY
    The LA Galaxy are Major League Soccer’s most successful club. Based in Carson, Calif. at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy have won the MLS Cup a record six times (2002, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2024), the MLS Supporters’ Shield four times (1998, 2002, 2010, 2011) and the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2001, 2005), and one Concacaf Champions Cup (2000) since their inception in 1996. Under the direction of LA Galaxy President of Business Operations and Chief Operating Officer Tom Braun on the business operations side and LA Galaxy General Manager Will Kuntz on the soccer operations side, the Galaxy are the premier club in MLS, with stars like Landon Donovan, David Beckham, Robbie Keane, Steven Gerrard, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Javier Hernandez, Cobi Jones, Riqui Puig and Marco Reus representing LA over the team’s 29 years in MLS. For more information on the LA Galaxy, visit www.lagalaxy.com.

    ABOUT DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK
    Dignity Health Sports Park is southern California’s home of world-class competition and training facilities for amateur, Olympic, collegiate and professional athletes. Managed by AEG, the $150 million, privately financed facility was developed by AEG on a 125-acre site on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) in Carson, California. Dignity Health Sports Park features an 8,000-seat tennis stadium, a 27,000-seat stadium for soccer, football and other athletic competitions and outdoor concerts; a 2,000-seat facility for track & field and a 2,450-seat indoor Velodrome – the VELO Sports Center – for track cycling. Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, the six-time MLS Cup Champions. Dignity Health Sports Park is also home of the United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) High Performance Training Center and the national team training headquarters for the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF). Additionally, Dignity Health Sports Park is home to Galaxy Park, a newly imagined complex on the campus of the facility that features five 5v5 soccer fields, three futsal courts, eight Pickleball courts, four Padel courts, and is home to a number of other recreational activities. For additional information, please visit http://www.dignityhealthsportspark.com.

    ABOUT AEG
    Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, AEG is the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. The company operates in the following business segments:

    • Music through AEG Presents, which is dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performances, including the production and promotion of global and regional concert tours, an extensive portfolio of clubs, theaters and other music venues, concerts and special events and world-renowned festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival;
    • Venues and Real Estate, which develops, owns and operates world-class venues, as well as major sports and entertainment districts like Crypto.com Arena and L.A. LIVE, Uber Platz in Berlin and The O2 in London;
    • Sports, as the world’s largest operator of high-profile sporting events and sports franchises including the LA Kings, LA Galaxy and Eisbären Berlin;
    • Global Partnerships, which oversees worldwide sales and servicing of sponsorships including naming rights, premium seating, and other strategic partnerships;
    • And Ticketing, which, through its AXS.com ticketing platform, provides more than 400 clients worldwide with ticketing services that cover the gamut of entertainments, including sporting events, arena tours, music clubs festival, rodeos and family events.

    Through its worldwide network of venues, portfolio of powerful sports and music brands and its integrated entertainment districts, AEG entertains more than 90 million guests annually. More information about AEG can be found at www.aegworldwide.com.

    MEDIA CONTACTS
    LA Galaxy 
    Jamie Alvarez 
    jaalvarez@lagalaxy.com

    AEG Global Partnerships 
    Shannon Donnelly 
    Shannon.donnelly@beckmedia.com

    Investor Relations:
    Alex Sadowski
    Investor Relations Coordinator
    ir@intermexusa.com
    305-671-8000

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: FMQ: SNP must recall destructive Flamingo Land appeal

    Source: Scottish Greens

    29 May 2025 Nature Save Loch Lomond

    There is still time to save Loch Lomond. The First Minister must act now.

    More in Nature

    The First Minister must listen to objections against Flamingo Land’s development in Loch Lomond and overturn his Government’s decision to accept the mega-resort’s latest appeal, says Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie.

    Speaking at First Minister’s Questions, Mr Harvie urged the SNP to listen to campaigners and the local community and take action to stop this destructive development in the iconic national park. 

    Prior to FMQs, campaigners met at a rally outside the Scottish Parliament today to express their anger and stand together to save Loch Lomond.

    In his first question to the First Minister, Mr Harvie said: 

    “Outside Parliament today, many people have gathered to express their anger at the Scottish Government’s intention to approve a resort development, by Flamingo Land, on the shores of Loch Lomond.

    “It’s been opposed by the National Trust for Scotland; by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency; and by over 155,000 people; and rejected unanimously by the National Park.

    “It’s the most unpopular development in the history of the Scottish planning system. 

    “I know the First Minister will tell us that he can’t comment on a specific appeal.
     
    “But his Minister has already made a political decision – it took Ivan McKee just two working days to announce his refusal to act in the public interest and recall the appeal. 

    “He, and the First Minister, have to be accountable for that now. 

    “There’s still a chance we can save Loch Lomond – this decision isn’t yet set in stone. 

    “So – will the First Minister listen to all those that have been objecting for years, put the natural environment ahead of corporate profit, and recall the decision?” 

    First Minister John Swinney would not comment in detail on the proposal as the Flamingo Land appeal is still live, but gave no indication that he was willing to recall the decision.

    In his second question, Mr Harvie asked:

    “I don’t think the First Minister is even attempting to acknowledge the scale of the anger – demonstrated by the people outside Parliament today and more than 44,000 people who have already written to the Minister – that anger is a result of this unnecessary, unwanted and destructive development.

    “But it’s not the first time this First Minister has defended that kind of development. 

    “In 2007, when John Swinney had been in government for less than a year, he overturned a local planning decision to approve another controversial, environmentally destructive project from a greedy, bullying developer.

    “That, of course, was to give Donald Trump his golf course. And even Trump’s project director from those days has made it clear that the Government was hoodwinked.

    “This isn’t standing up for Scotland. Did the First Minister learn nothing from his mistake, and why is he still willing to back greedy developers who can’t look at a landscape without seeing an opportunity to bulldoze it for profit?”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: expert reaction to drought declared in North-west England by the Environment Agency

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Scientists comment on a drought being declared in North-West England. 

    Prof Richard Allan, Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading, said:

    “The lack of rainfall across the UK in spring 2025 constituted a meteorological drought and this quickly depleted the soil’s moisture leading to concerns over agricultural drought. Lowering river and reservoir levels are a concern for the northwest of the UK as further dry spells could threaten the supply of water as part of a hydrological drought. Of less concern are regions of copious ground water like the chalky catchments in the southeast of England which enter but also leave drought conditions more slowly than other regions of the UK.

    “Droughts are expected to onset more rapidly and become more intense as the planet warms since the atmosphere’s thirst for water grows. A warming climate means moisture is more readily sapped from one region and blown into storm systems elsewhere, intensifying both wet and dry weather extremes with wilder swings between them. The only way to limit the increasing severity of wet and dry extremes is to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions across all de tors of society.”

    Mr Alastair Chisholm, Director of Policy & External Affairs, CIWEM (Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management), said:

    “The drought in the north-west is not surprising given the dry weather seen across the spring. Drought can come on particularly quickly in areas which rely on water supplies fed by surface water storage reservoirs as are common in this area, rather than large rivers or groundwater sources. Prolonged dry weather is more unusual in such parts of the country, but when it does happen the effects are more pronounced. Conversely, with some rain, given more mountainous topography and higher average annual rainfall in these areas, reservoirs can quickly recover.

    “Official declarations of drought signal that water companies and the Environment Agency will progress to more advanced stages in their drought plans, such as temporary use bans (colloquially known as hosepipe bans).”

    References:

    https://www.ciwem.org/policy-reports/drought-management

    https://www.ciwem.org/news/managing-drought-ciwems-position

    Declared interests

    Mr Alastair Chisholm “None”

    Prof Richard Allan “None”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Exercise programme for muscle and joint pain coming to Stoke-on-Trent

    Source: City of Stoke-on-Trent

    Published: Thursday, 29th May 2025

    A programme offering tailored support for people living with muscle and joint pain will be available in the coming weeks.

    Good Boost is a therapeutic programme designed to help improve balance, strength and cardiovascular fitness through low level rehab exercises.

    Participants complete a short digital assessment, which then creates a personalised programme for their needs all funded by Sport England.

    More than 20 million people in the UK live with a musculoskeletal related condition. A pilot study of the programme at Kings College Hospital found that 66% of patients using Good Boost while waiting for healthcare showed an improvement in their symptoms.

    Councillor Jane Ashworth, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: “I am so pleased to see the Good Boost programme coming to our city. Muscle and joint pain can have a huge impact on people’s daily lives and this is a fantastic way to help people manage their symptoms in a friendly group setting.

    “The use of smart technology to personalise the experience means the programme can suit a wide range of people. I encourage all residents who may be struggling with symptoms to find out more and give it a go.”

    Sessions will cost £2.50 and be held at Dimensions Leisure Centre.

    The full timetable will be available in the coming weeks on the Active Stoke app and website. For more information, contact Dimensions on 01782 233500 or email dimensions@stoke.gov.uk

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Sustainable scallop harvesting, safety and supply chain improvements

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Case study

    Sustainable scallop harvesting, safety and supply chain improvements

    Thanks to the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) a small scale coastal fishing business has been able to invest in safety upgrades, eco-friendly vessel maintenance and infrastructure to maintain catch quality and market value.

    Key Facts

    • Applicant name: Greenstraight Scallops Ltd

    • Location: Dartmouth, South West, England
    • Type of project: Improving safety, promoting sustainability, enhancing supply chain infrastructure.
    • Project value: £23,508
    • Grant value: £18,806
    • Date awarded: February 2024 – May 2024

    Project details

    Greenstraight Scallops Ltd is operated by James Kirkaldy, an expert free diver and environmentally conscious small-scale coastal fisherman. Harvesting scallops year-round within six miles of the coast from his 6.3m vessel Terry David, James supplies high-quality shellfish to local restaurants in Dartmouth.

    With support from the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS), James secured funding for three projects to improve diver and vessel safety, invest in eco-friendly maintenance, and enhance the shoreside infrastructure needed to preserve product quality and expand market access.

    These investments include the purchase of a refrigerated vehicle, a new chest freezer, cool boxes, safety equipment, and the application of an eco-friendly copper coating to the vessel hull. They address critical safety needs and enable James to increase resilience in the business by expanding where and how he sells his catch.

    James, Owner, Greenstraight Scallops Ltd:

    Thanks to the FaSS I have been able to successfully deliver significant improvements which give me peace of mind – not just about safety at sea, but about the future of my business and the traceability and quality of my catch.

    Project outcomes

    • Improved safety and working conditions through upgraded PPE
    • Safer vessel operations via a rebuilt deck and engine box, non-slip paint, and a new lifting davit which improves ability to bring catch on board and also doubles as the means to do an emergency recovery of a diver in the water if required
    • Sustainable vessel maintenance with the application of an ocean-friendly copper coat and support for vessel lift-outs, pressure washing and storage
    • New cold chain infrastructure including a refrigerated vehicle, chest freezer, cool boxes and ice packs to maintain product freshness and extend market reach
    • Resilience in supply chain by enabling storage and supply of scallops out of season, helping to maintain consistent availability for premium markets
    • Business growth projected turnover increase of 5% through enhanced quality control and expanded sales channels
    • Sector benefits through demonstration of best practice in diver safety and environmentally responsible harvesting

    Learn more

    This case study demonstrates the legacy of the FaSS in supporting England’s catching, aquaculture and processing sectors, as well as enabling projects that are improving the marine environment. It also supports MMOs commitment to ensuring a prosperous, innovative and sustainable future for the fishing industry.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Small rise in serious yeast infections

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    News story

    Small rise in serious yeast infections

    Bloodstream infections caused by yeast rose by 4% in 2024, compared to 2023.

    Latest data from UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show that bloodstream infections caused by yeast rose by 4% in 2024, compared to 2023 (from 2,170 to 2,247 reports).

    In 2024 the rate of bloodstream infections due to yeast across England was 3.9 per 100,000 population, compared to 3.8 in 2023. 

    Bloodstream infections caused by yeast are typically acquired in a hospital setting from the patient’s own flora (yeasts found naturally on our skin or in our intestinal tracts). The prolonged use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in hospital settings can also play a role because they suppress the patients’ natural bacterial flora allowing yeasts to overgrow in the intestinal tract and potentially enter the bloodstream through the gut wall. Patients with weakened immune systems are also more vulnerable to fungal infections, particularly those being treated for cancers, and people whose treatment involves devices inside their body.

    The most common species of yeast causing infection was Candida albicans (C. albicans), followed by Nakaseomyces glabratus (previously known as Candida glabrata) and Candida parapsilosis (C. parapsilosis) respectively. Rates of bloodstream infection due to N. glabratus were highest in eldest age groups, while rates due to C. albicans and C. parapsilosis were highest in the youngest age groups.

    Data for 2024 also show rates are higher in more deprived populations of the country than the least deprived (5.0 and 3.2 per 100,000 population respectively). UKHSA is working with partners to understand the reasons for these differences.

    Overall, resistance to antifungal drugs has remained relatively stable and treatments remain largely effective. However, an increase in Candidozyma auris (previously known as Candida.auris), an emerging pathogen of global clinical concern which can develop resistance to many available treatments, highlights the importance of remaining vigilant to increasing rates of yeast infections.

    Data from UKHSA’s Health Protection Report show that 637 C. auris cases (including infections and colonisations) were reported across England between January 2013 and December 2024, of which 178 were reported in 2024. Previously rarely detected in England, C. auris has been emerging over the last decade, with a notable resurgence following the lifting of travel restrictions after the COVID-19 pandemic period.

    To support healthcare professionals with outbreaks of C. auris, UKHSA recently published revised guidance on managing outbreaks. To strengthen surveillance and help inform the public health response, C. auris is now a notifiable disease, meaning laboratories that test human samples in England will be required to report C. auris cases to UKHSA.

    Professor Andy Borman, Head of the Mycology Reference Laboratory, UKHSA, said:

    Our surveillance shows that serious fungal infections are having an increasing impact on public health. UKHSA is working with the NHS to explore the reasons behind the rise in serious yeast infections, but factors such as an increase in people who are immunocompromised and the number of people receiving complex surgeries may be playing a part.

    Thankfully, the antifungal drugs we use are still effective against these infections. However, this could change and these infections could become harder to treat in the future. The rise of drug-resistant C. auris in hospitals in England means we must remain vigilant and continue our work to enhance infection prevention and control efforts and to maintain patient safety.

    Unlike bacterial infections, fungal infections did not decline during the pandemic, likely due to pressures on NHS services and the fact that severe COVID infections predisposed hospitalised patients to several types of invasive fungal infections. The rate of bloodstream infections has continued to rise since 2020.

    Existing guidelines emphasise the importance of rapid fungal diagnostics to manage these types of infections, and the development of new tools to improve surveillance and patient outcomes.

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  • MIL-OSI Video: UK Committee visits SaxaVord Spaceport 🚀 | Scottish Affairs Committee

    Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

    The Scottish Affairs Committee visited @saxavordspaceportuk7912 to learn more about their mission to launch the first rocket into orbit from the UK – and the opportunities the spaceport is creating for the local community and the rest of Scotland.
    Find out more about the Committee’s inquiry into Scotland’s space launch sector by visiting www.parliament.uk/scotaffcom

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: £85 million to support arts and cultural organisations across the country

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    £85 million to support arts and cultural organisations across the country

    Local people’s access to arts venues across the country set to be protected with cash to support vital repairs and upgrades

    • Investment supports the Government’s Plan for Change by helping to boost local economies and increase opportunities to gain creative skills
    • Expressions Of Interest to open at the end of June

    Arts and cultural organisations will soon be able to apply for a share of £85 million from the government for vital repairs and upgrades, ensuring everyone has access to high quality institutions in the places they call home. 

    The new Creative Foundations Fund will help arts venues across England to address a range of issues, such as repairing building infrastructure, outdated or failing systems, inefficient energy systems and inaccessible spaces. It will ensure beloved local venues like theatres, performing arts venues, galleries, grassroots music venues and contemporary arts centres can continue to offer opportunities, boost skills and attract more visitors from across the country.

    Arts and cultural organisations across England are encouraged to apply for a share of up to £10 million each from the fund, which recognises the huge contribution they make towards boosting growth and breaking down barriers to opportunities for young people by helping them to learn vital creative skills. 

    This £85 million investment into arts and cultural organisations is part of the £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund announced by the Culture Secretary in February, which delivers on the government’s Plan for Change to support economic growth and increase opportunities for people across the country.

    Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy said: 

    Everyone, everywhere, deserves to enjoy arts and culture in the places they call home. This funding will be vital in ensuring that our much loved venues are fit for the future, so they can continue to boost growth and provide young people with the space to learn vital creative skills.

    Our Plan for Change is boosting opportunities everywhere and it will support these vital institutions to flourish.

    Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: 

    Our cultural buildings are home to thrilling performances and amazing exhibitions in towns and cities across England. This new investment helps to secure the future of those buildings at the heart of their communities, ensuring that artists, performers, curators and creators can continue to share their brilliant work with audiences for years to come.

    The fund will open for Expressions Of Interest on Monday 30 June 2025. Full guidance, including eligibility criteria and details of how to apply, can be found on Arts Council England’s website. 

    Notes to editors:

    •  In February, Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy announced more than £270 million in funding for arts venues, museums, libraries and the heritage sector in a major boost for growth. 
    • Arts Council England will deliver this fund on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), including administering, awarding and monitoring the grants.Guidance has been published today by Arts Council England to provide further information for arts and cultural organisations considering making an application to these schemes. 
    • The online portal to register Expressions of Interest for the Creative Foundations Fund opens on Monday 30 June 2025. Full guidance, including eligibility criteria and details of how to apply can be found on Arts Council England’s website.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Wagamama to come to Preston’s Animate

    Source: City of Preston

    29 May 2025

    Preston City Council has announced Asian inspired Japanese restaurant, Wagamama is to open at its newly launched £45million Animate leisure scheme, which has been delivered by Maple Grove Developments. 

    Positioned between Taco Bell and Mad Giant Food Hall, Wagamama has taken a 4,125 sq ft unit on a 15-year lease. The fit out is due to commence imminently and will be open to customers early this summer.

    Open seven days a week, the new restaurant will create 55 new jobs and marks Wagamama’s 167th restaurant in the UK and Ireland and its 59th in the North. The deal means that just one final unit (10,270 sq ft) offering social space on the upper level is now available.

    Animate was officially opened in February by Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park, with many of the tenants including Ask Italian, Argento Lounge, Taco Bell Hollywood Bowl and ARC Cinemas now trading.

    Sita Wood, head of brand activation (restaurants) at Wagamama said: 

    “We’re incredibly excited to be opening our doors in preston, to meet local demand. our team are hard at work training for our opening, and we can’t wait to welcome our locals to enjoy their fresh favourites on our benches.”

    Cllr Wise at Preston City Council said: 

    “Animate has proven to be an in-demand venue for leisure operators and Wagamama deciding to open a restaurant here is a significant vote of confidence in the destination. It will prove to be a popular restaurant, stimulating additional footfall in the Harris Quarter, catalysing further investment, and boosting our local economy, central to our Community Wealth Building model.”

    Speaking about the arrival of Wagamama John Brady, at Bradys, joint agents for the scheme with Smith Young, commented:

    “Securing Wagamama is a strong endorsement of Preston’s growing appeal as a vibrant retail and leisure destination. The brand brings with it a loyal following and a reputation for quality, which will not only further enhance the visitor experience but also support the wider regeneration of the area by driving increased footfall.”

    The flagship scheme is one of six major projects in Preston’s Harris Quarter Towns Fund Investment Programme, a £200m programme, including £20.9m of funding by the government to support several regeneration projects.

    About Maple Grove Developments

    Maple Grove Developments is part of the Eric Wright Group. Founded in 1923, the Eric Wright Group is a leading property and construction company that develops, builds and maintains the UK’s infrastructure.

    Wholly owned by the Eric Wright Charitable Trust, the Group is committed to delivering employment and regeneration opportunities in the communities in which it operates in. All company profits are either invested back into the Eric Wright Group or awarded to charities and projects, predominately throughout the North West, which support young persons’ wellbeing, elderly services, education and training, health or carers’ support. 

    The Eric Wright Charitable Trust owns and operates Water Park Lakeland Adventure Centre in Cumbria and is an employer partner and sponsor of the Eric Wright Learning Foundation at Preston’s College, which supports young people aged 14+ studying Level 1 – 3 vocational courses and Apprenticeships.

    Based at Bamber Bridge, near Preston, the Eric Wright Group comprises seven specialist divisions that regularly collaborate to deliver joined-up approaches with outstanding results and maintain strong relationships with private and public sector clients and partners. The Group’s seven divisions are Maple Grove Developments, Construction, Civil Engineering, Water, Health & Care, Facilities Management (FM) and Applethwaite Homes. 

    About Animate

    The construction and development phase will help to generate up to 200 full time equivalent construction jobs for the local workforce, and provide opportunities for apprenticeship, work placements, training and upskilling through Eric Wright Group’s corporate and social responsibility programme.   

    A dedicated Animate Community Benefit Framework has been agreed between Preston City Council and Maple Grove Developments, which will deliver 15 community benefits, in line with Preston’s Community Wealth Building programme, to assist the delivery of the project and to provide the maximum impact for Preston’s residents and businesses.  

    The Community Benefit Framework seeks to use local labour, provide training, employment, volunteering opportunities and placements within local colleges, to promote environmental sustainability, and to ensure that all workers are treated equally and fairly. 

    Animate will also provide more than 140 long term jobs when it opens to the public following the two year construction phase.  

    About Towns Fund – Town Deals

    • On 27 July 2019, the Prime Minister announced that the Towns Fund would support an initial 101 places across England to develop Town Deal proposals, to drive economic regeneration and deliver long-term economic and productivity growth. 
    • A Town Deal is an agreement in principle between Government, the Lead Council and the Town Deal Board. It will set out a vision and strategy for the town, and what each party agrees to do to achieve this vision.  
    • Each of the 101 towns selected to work towards a Town Deal also received accelerated funding last year for investment in capital projects that would have an immediate impact and help places “build back better” in the wake of Covid-19. See the 101 places being supported to develop Town Deals.
    • Preston’s City Investment Plan is a 15 year vision for Preston setting out Preston’s long-term objectives and strategy to transform the city, targeting resources and aligning public and private sector investments to respond to needs and capitalise on opportunities for positive change. For details visit Invest – Preston’s City Investment Plan.
    • Preston City Council actively applies and prioritises the principles of Community Wealth Building wherever applicable and appropriate. Community Wealth Building is an approach which aims to ensure the economic system builds wealth and prosperity for everyone. 
    • Lancashire County Council’s £800,000 Economic Recovery grant is from its £12.8m  Economic Recovery & Growth programme to fund projects across the 12 Lancashire districts to tackle some of the economic impacts of Covid-19 and support recovery and growth. 

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: From DJ box to civic chair: Cllr Ian Dore spins into the spotlight 29 May 2025 From DJ box to civic chair: Councillor Ian Dore spins into the spotlight

    Source: Aisle of Wight

    He’s no stranger to a spotlight — and now Councillor Ian Dore is spinning into the Chairman’s role, ready to represent the Isle of Wight with purpose, professionalism, and a touch of flair.

    Elected as the new Chairman of the Isle of Wight Council, Councillor Dore brings with him a background as varied as a festival line-up — from military service to music decks, and now to the ceremonial chain of office.

    Reflecting on the moment the votes were counted last Wednesday, he admitted the result came as something of a surprise.

    “My first words were, ‘I didn’t expect that,’” he said, still sounding slightly dazed. “There’s always a chance, but it was never a given. On the night, it went my way by two votes — and here we are. The boy from Binstead, now wearing the chain. It’s still sinking in.”

    The nomination came from Councillor Geoff Brodie, seconded by Cllr Karen Lucioni, with Councillor Jonathan Bacon also voicing his support. MP Richard Quigley added warm words, highlighting Councillor’s Dore’s dedication to public service, particularly his role as the council’s Armed Forces Champion.

    Councillor Vanessa Churchman was elected vice-chairman.

    In his opening remarks, Councillor Dore also took a moment to acknowledge the contribution of his predecessor, Councillor Karl Love.

    “Karl brought real energy to the role,” he said. “He served with enthusiasm and a commitment that left a mark on this chamber and the wider community. It’s only right to recognise that service as we look ahead to the year to come.”

    With a full chamber and a packed agenda, Councillor Dore wasted no time in setting the tone for his tenure as civic figurehead. 

    “I’ve always believed in duty, discipline, and service. This role is a continuation of that. It’s a privilege to represent the council and the Island, and I’ll do my utmost to ensure this chamber remains a place where all voices are respected and heard.”

    But who exactly is the man now holding the gavel?

    Councillor Dore’s journey is anything but ordinary. A former soldier who served in the Gulf War and Northern Ireland, he later swapped boots for beats, becoming a well-known DJ and radio presenter.

    From Isle of Wight Radio to Power FM and eventually Bath FM, he’s entertained thousands — and even launched a youth radio project, Youth Radio Rocks.

    Beyond the airwaves, he’s worked as an event manager and fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support and mental health charity Mind.

    He’s also currently the driving force behind the Isle of Wight Armed Forces Day — an event that blends his love of community, service, and a well-organised timetable.

    “I’m incredibly grateful for the support of my fellow councillors and the residents of Binstead and Fishbourne,” he said.

    “Without their trust in 2021, I wouldn’t have this opportunity. I take the responsibility seriously — and I’m stepping into it with humility, purpose, and, of course, my best boots forward.”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Island libraries celebrate 250 years of Jane Austen 29 May 2025 Island Libraries Celebrate 250 Years of Jane Austen

    Source: Aisle of Wight

    This year marks a remarkable literary milestone — the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen, one of England’s most cherished novelists.

    To celebrate, the Isle of Wight Library Service is inviting residents to join in a series of events that pay tribute to Austen’s enduring legacy.

    From the drawing rooms of Pride and Prejudice to the seaside scenes of Persuasion, Austen’s works continue to captivate readers of all ages. Now, Islanders have the chance to enjoy her world through film, talks, tea parties, and even a touch of Regency dancing.

    Austen on the Big Screen

    The celebrations begin at Sandown Library with a series of free monthly film screenings of Austen adaptations. The next showing takes place on Saturday, 28 June at 1.45pm, featuring Sense and Sensibility.

    Tickets are free and available from the library. Screenings will continue monthly through to October, offering a wonderful opportunity to revisit Austen’s stories in cinematic form.

    A Literary Life by the Sea

    On Wednesday 25 June, Lord Louis Library will welcome Helen Howe from the Hampshire branch of the Jane Austen Society.

    Her talk, Jane Austen in Hampshire: Naval Connections and Holidays by the Sea, will explore the author’s ties to the region and her fondness for coastal retreats.

    Tickets are £3 and available from the library. Helen will return later in the year with a festive talk on Jane Austen at Christmas, this time at Ryde Library.

    Tea, Trivia, and Timeless Tales

    Ryde Library will host its own celebration in July with an “All Things Jane” day. Visitors can enjoy a Regency-style tea party and take part in a quiz designed to test their Austen knowledge. Whether you’re a seasoned scholar or a curious newcomer, all are welcome to join in the fun.

    Dance Through the Ages

    Later in the year, Lord Louis Library in Newport will host the Hampshire Regency Dancers for a special demonstration and workshop. Attendees will have the chance to learn traditional dances from the period — no experience required, just a willingness to step back in time.

    Photo: Jane Austen (1775-1817) on engraving from 1873. English novelist. Engraved by unknown artist and published in ”Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women with Biographies”,USA,1873.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Retailers reminded about upcoming June 1 ban on disposable vapes

    Source: City of Leeds

    Shopkeepers across Leeds have been advised to act now in preparation for the disposable vapes ban which comes into force on June 1.

    The new legislation, from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), will make it illegal for businesses, including those online, to sell or supply all single-use vapes.

    The ban will apply to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and covers both nicotine and non-nicotine containing vaping products, which are not refillable or rechargeable. 

    In line with national policy, Leeds City Council has been writing to retailers across the city ahead of the ban, advising them to stop buying new stock of single-use vapes and sell all existing stock before June 1.

    Businesses are also being reminded of their legal duty to provide collection points for waste vapes to their customers.

    Anyone caught selling or supplying single-use vapes on or after June 1 could face fines or other sanctions.

    The ban has been brought into place to help curb the rise in youth vaping, with national figures from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) estimating over half of children who use vapes report using disposable models, which often have colourful packaging and sweet flavours.

    Councillor Fiona Venner, Leeds City Council’s executive member for equality, health and wellbeing, said:

    “The incoming ban on disposable vapes is a vital measure towards improving the health of Leeds residents, particularly for our young people, as well as tackling the environmental damage that they cause. I would urge all our retailers to take action now to prepare for the new legislation coming into force.”

    The ban also aims to reduce the damage caused to the environment and wildlife from vapes disposed of in domestic waste and littered across the city, causing the release of harmful substances such as lead and mercury into soil, rivers and streams.

    Used e-cigarettes and disposable vapes should be returned to the shops they were bought from for recycling or taken to the nearest electrical recycling point, which can be found at www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk. They can also be deposited in the special vape bins at one of the eight waste recycling points in Leeds.

    Councillor Mohammed Rafique, executive member for climate, energy, environment and green space, said:

    “Please do not throw vapes in household green recycling or black wheelie bins due to the risk of fire from the lithium-ion batteries. Recycling your old vapes also helps protect the environment, as they contain valuable materials like metal, plastic and lithium batteries that can be made into new items.”

    Further information for retailers can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/single-use-vapes-ban

     

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: North Antrim MP backs criticism of Policing Board on “Sean” allegations

    Source: Traditional Unionist Voice – Northern Ireland

    TUV leader Jim Allister said:

    “I welcome Jon Burrows’ forthright and necessary intervention regarding the Policing Board’s handling of the now-discredited allegations made by “Sean” against the PSNI’s Tactical Support Group.

    “Mr Burrows has spoken for many who have been left voiceless throughout this manufactured saga. The Policing Board, by way of contrast, has shown itself to be unfit for purpose.

    “The Board’s handling of this matter has been marked by inaction and a disturbing lack of curiosity. At a time when the reputations of serving officers were being publicly traduced, the body charged with holding the police to account simply looked the other way. The Justice Minister was no better. It is a matter of deep concern that it was left to former officers, not those in oversight roles, to defend their colleagues and expose the truth.

    “While “Sean” has now admitted to fabricating his claims, and while the Chief Constable has confirmed there was no sectarianism within the unit, the damage was done — and the silence from key voices on the Board was deafening. That was a dereliction of duty.

    “Only one elected representative – Alan Chambers – challenged the narrative we all now know to be false publicly on the Board. Others – particularly elected representatives from larger parties – must ask themselves why they remained silent while police officers were smeared.

    “The Policing Board must be held to account for its role in allowing a false narrative to gain traction, unchecked and unchallenged. Jon Burrows has provided a vital public service in demanding answers which should have been sought by the Board and indeed Minister Long.”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Save Loch Lomond: Rally is a critical moment in blocking Flamingo Land

    Source: Scottish Greens

    29 May 2025 Nature Save Loch Lomond

    We must protect Scotland’s national park from destruction.

    More in Nature

    The Scottish Greens are urging campaigners to make their voice heard outside the Scottish Parliament today at 11am for a major rally opposing Flamingo Land’s destructive mega-resort plan on the banks of Loch Lomond.

    Despite the National Park’s board  unanimously rejecting the development after receiving objections from expert groups including environment watchdog SEPA as well as 155,000 individuals, the Scottish Government has approved an appeal by Flamingo Land, overturning the local decision and green-lighting their project.

    The planned development is set to include 127 woodland lodges, two hotels, over 370 parking spaces, a water park, monorail and much more on a sensitive site by the loch shore at Balloch.

    The campaign against Flamingo Land was spear-headed by Mr Greer, becoming the most objected to planning application in Scottish history, with over 155,000 individual objections, as well as those from groups including the Woodland Trust and National Trust for Scotland.

    Since the Scottish Government’s decision, close to 45,000 people have emailed Scottish Government Ministers, calling on the decision to be recalled and reversed.,

    Mr Greer said:  

    “The Scottish Government have thrown their backing behind Flamingo Land at the expense of the community and Scotland’s world famous natural environment. These plans would be tantamount to environmental and cultural vandalism and it is staggering that Government Ministers appear hell-bent on forcing this through. They are well aware of the flood risks, the massive increase in traffic and congestion, the contaminated land threat and loss of nature including ancient woodland, but don’t seem to care.

    “Opposition to Flamingo Land’s proposal comes from expert organisations including the National Trust for Scotland, Woodland Trust, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the local community council and even the National Park’s own expert planning officers, alongside a record 155,00 of public complaints.

    “The campaign to save Loch Lomond is at a critical stage. This rally at Parliament is an important opportunity to show the SNP the depth of public feeling on this. I urge everyone to come and make a stand against these outrageous plans. Campaigners can also continue to contact the Scottish Government directly using my e-action at greens.scot/LochLomond, which has close to 50,000 supporters already.

    “Ministers have a choice: protect Scotland’s natural heritage or cave to developers looking to exploit it for a quick profit. We’re calling on everyone who loves Loch Lomond to stand with us.”

    Want to support the Save Loch Lomond campaign? Sign this letter to Scottish Ministers here.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Agricultural industry profit recovers in 2024

    Source: Scottish Government

    An Accredited Official Statistics Publication.

    The Chief Statistician has released 2024 figures on total income from farming, the official measure of the profit (output minus costs) of the agricultural industry in Scotland.

    These initial estimates predict a strong recovery of agricultural industry profit from its 5-year low in 2023.

    Total income from farming is estimated to reach around £1.3 billion in 2024, increasing by £0.4 billion.

    While continued high commodity prices mean the value of agricultural output (around £4.6 billion) is quite stable, decreased costs compared to the previous year drive a higher profit margin in 2024.

    Total costs are estimated at £3.8 billion, decreasing nearly £0.5 billion from 2023 levels. Costs for feed and fertiliser in 2024 decreased, but remain high compared to pre-2022 levels.

    Scotland’s largest agricultural sector is beef. Output from the beef sector is estimated to be worth £0.8 billion in 2024, a record value as market prices remain strong, despite a decrease in finished number of cattle.

    The value of the egg, pig and poultry sectors also reached record values in 2024, while a small increase was seen for the milk sector.

    Decreases were seen in sheep and lambs. Elsewhere in the cropping sectors, large increases in the value of potatoes raised output to nearly £0.4 billion while cereal output fell back towards 2021 levels.

    Background

    The full statistical publication with supporting data tables is available at:

    https://www.gov.scot/publications/total-income-from-farming-estimates-2018-2024

    Total income from farming (TIFF) is the official measure of the profit (output minus costs) gained by the agricultural industry in Scotland. This publication contains initial estimates for 2024. At the time of publication, not all data are available for 2024. This estimate is subject to a degree of revision in future years as more data becomes available.

    For the latest statistics news follow us on Twitter @SGRESAS.

    Official statistics are produced in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Free Steward Training for Community Groups

    Source: Northern Ireland City of Armagh

    Community groups across the borough are invited to attend a free ‘Steward Training’ session on Tuesday, 17 June 2025, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at Portadown Townhall.

    This practical training is designed to support local organisations in running safer, more effective events. Participants will gain essential skills in managing crowds, handling emergencies, and supporting team operations.

    The session will cover key stewarding topics including:

    • Preparing for spectator events
    • Managing entry, exit, parking, traffic flow, and spectator movement
    • Monitoring crowds and addressing potential problems
    • Supporting the team and wider organisation
    • Conflict management strategies
    • Responding to accidents and emergencies

    This training is specifically targeted at community groups within the borough and aims to build local capacity for delivering safe and well-organised events.

    To reserve your place, click here: https://form.jotform.com/251401691567054

    For further information contact Timothy Conn, Good Relations Support Officer at E:

    *protected email*

    or T: 077804 77509

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Local cruise ship levy could raise over £1 million

    Source: Scotland – City of Edinburgh

    A Getty image of a cruise ship docked near Leith in the Firth of Forth

    A cruise ship levy could help to ensure residents benefit from Edinburgh’s popularity as a cruise ship stop.

    In a formal response to be submitted to the Scottish Government’s Cruise Ship Levy consultation, the council has expressed strong support in principle for a levy to help it manage tourism sustainably at Edinburgh’s ports.

    The response also calls for any legislation to be based on evidence and involve greater consultation with ports and the cruise ship industry, as well as close working with other local authorities and regional partners.

    Close to 217,500 cruise ship passengers visit Edinburgh and the region annually, with a significant number docking in Leith, Newhaven and South Queensferry. Currently, passengers are exempt from paying local visitor levies.

    While any legislation to introduce a national Cruise Ship Levy is still to be developed, comparisons to similar sized destinations suggest it could raise over one million pounds for Edinburgh and the region.

    Council Leader Jane Meagher said:

    Next summer we’ll become the first city in Scotland to launch a visitor levy, but under the Scottish Government’s legislation cruise ship passengers will be exempt.

    We consider it fair to treat all overnight visitors to Edinburgh the same, whether they choose to stay in a hotel, a short-term let, a campsite or a cruise ship.

    With public finances under increasing pressure, we believe this legislation should be used to empower councils to raise more income locally to better manage cruise ship tourism and pollution in our waters. As such, income raised should be ringfenced for the local area.

    In our waters we’re seeing more ships docking year on year, larger ships, and with that comes an environmental impact. Cruise ship tourism affects local communities and services just as other tourism does.

    You can view the City of Edinburgh Council’s draft response to the Scottish Government’s Cruise Ship Levy Consultation. A final version will be submitted shortly, including amendments agreed at a meeting of the Policy and Sustainability Committee on Tuesday 27 May.

    Published: May 29th 2025

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Help shape future of Norwich’s magical medieval market

    Source: City of Norwich

    Published on Thursday, 29th May 2025

    Residents have been urged by the city council to help shape the future of Norwich Market today.

    The council is asking local people to take part in the online survey after consulting with market traders.

    Councillor Carli Harper, cabinet member for finance and major projects, said: “We’ve been talking and listening to traders on the future of the market and now we want residents to make their voice heard too so we can get a greater understanding on how we can make our cherished and iconic market better for generations to come.”

    The Future of Norwich Market survey includes three design ideas to improve the layout of the market for residents to comment on including a central court, small squares and an arcade.

    The council will also make some improvements to the market by early next year, including: 

    • Upgrading roller shutters
    • Installation of CCTV to deter anti-social behaviour and criminal damage
    • Upgrade of cross-aisle awnings to protect public and traders in harsh weather
    • Reflective paint to reduce heat under canopies
    • Looking at ways of reducing pigeons in and around the market, with the use of non-harmful fire gel

    Cllr Harper said: “We will be implementing these improvements over the next few months as part of our determination to make Norwich Market one of England’s and Europe’s premier tourist and shopping experiences. We want people from all over the UK, Europe and beyond to come and sample the atmosphere of our magical medieval city and market.”

    To take part in the survey go to: gettalking.norwich.gov.uk/market

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: City Centre Youth Activities Kick Off for Summer

    Source: Scotland – City of Dundee

    A new programme of Friday evening youth events has kicked off in Dundee City Centre. 

    Activities are being run in partnership between Dundee City Council city centre management, Street Soccer Scotland, Police Scotland and local businesses. 

    The project is being supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. 

    Street Soccer Scotland will set up a pitch in City Square for 20 weeks (subject to weather) on Friday nights in City Square from 6-9pm until Friday October 3. 

    There will also be extra activities on offer on certain evenings including end of school term dates where skateboarding and youth cafes will be provided. 

    Partners have come together to celebrate the launch of this year’s programme. 

    City council Fair Work, Economic Growth and Infrastructure convener Cllr Steven Rome said: “We are all keen that young people can enjoy positive experiences in the city centre and have found that these types of activities can build constructive relationships going forward. 

    “We are under no illusions that there are problems with behaviour issues in the city centre. However, we would rather try to do something about this by engaging with the young people directly.” 

    “I would like to thank the businesses which are becoming involved and our partners for putting together such a comprehensive programme for 2025, which build on last year’s offering.” 

    David Mackenzie, Street Soccer Manager (Dundee), said: “We’re thrilled to welcome the return of the youth sessions in Dundee’s City Square, delivered in collaboration with our partners and completely free for young people to attend. Sport continues to be a powerful tool for engagement, bringing people together while offering a safe, supportive environment for those who may be vulnerable on Friday nights.  

      

    “This initiative not only builds on the success of last year, but also strengthens connections between young people, local businesses, and emergency services. New for this year, we’re excited to introduce even more opportunities that lead to positive destinations, including guaranteed job interviews with major employers such as McDonald’s and Primark.” 

     

    Sergeant Daniel Forbes, Dundee City Centre Policing Team said: “The return of the youth engagement sessions and activities in the City Centre are very welcome. We, the Police fully support the scheme and initiatives, in providing the youth community with a constructive and enjoyable way to express themselves, develop socially and physically in a safe environment. It’s a fantastic setting to be able to participate in all of these exciting activities right in the heart of our city. A massive thankyou goes out to all those individuals and organisations who have worked so hard together to bring this back to Dundee. 

    “These activities provide such valuable opportunities for all young people moving forward in their lives, providing options and positive pathways for them as they develop and grow. Previously these activities have really brought the community together, providing support for those who need it and encouraging others to develop further. From a Policing perspective this benefits the community, helping to combat youth disorder and anti-social behaviour. This allows us to work closely with the youth community and parents, break down barriers and build progressive constructive connections.” 

    Extra activities will be on offer on six of the Friday nights including two end of school term dates. 

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Over £7.4 million put back in working people’s pockets by employers

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    Press release

    Over £7.4 million put back in working people’s pockets by employers

    Employers who have left workers over £7.4 million out of pocket by failing to pay the National Living and National Minimum Wage named.

    • More money put into the pockets of hardworking people, as government delivers the biggest upgrade to worker’s rights in a generation, as part of the Plan for Change
    • Workers will be paid over £7.4 million by employers after nearly 60,000 workers have been left out of pocket.
    • Action builds on recent uplift to the National Living and National Minimum Wage which puts £1,400 into the pockets of workers and families across the UK

    Nearly 60,000 workers who have been left out of pocket will be repaid over £7.4 million the Government has announced today [Thursday 29th May] in its latest move to Make Work Pay.

    This follows a significant uplift to the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage – putting £1,400 into the pockets of full-time workers on NLW and supporting millions of families across the country – as well as the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation under the Employment Rights Bill.

    As part of the Plan for Change, this Government’s priority is to grow the economy and raise living standards. A strong economy can only be built when people have financial security whilst in work and robust enforcement action will be taken against employers who do not pay their staff correctly.

    The 518 employers and businesses named today have since paid back what they owe to their staff and faced financial penalties of up to 200% of their underpayment. The investigations by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) concluded between 2015-2022.

    Minister for Employment Rights, Justin Madders said:

    There is no excuse for employers to undercut their workers, and we will continue to name companies who break the law and don’t pay their employees what they are owed.

    Ensuring workers have the support they need and making sure they receive a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work is a key commitment in our Plan for Change. This will put more money in working people’s pockets, helping to boost productivity and ending low pay.

    Baroness Philippa Stroud, Chair of the Low Pay Commission, said:

    We welcome today’s publication. Underpayment leaves workers out of pocket and disadvantages the majority of employers who do abide by the rules.

    These naming rounds play an important part in ensuring that all workers receive their full wages and that they are aware there is support for them to ensure that they do.

    Putting more money into the pockets of the lowest paid increases workers’ financial security, offers stability to help increase staff retention and lowers recruitment costs for businesses in the long run.  Whilst not all minimum wage underpayments are intentional, the Government is clear that enforcement action will be taken against employers who do not pay their staff correctly.

    Ahead of permanently lowering tax rates for high street retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) from 2026/27, we have prevented the current RHL relief from ending this April, extending it for one year to ensure that over 250,000 RHL properties see a full 40 per cent reduction on their liability, and we have frozen the small business multiplier. 

    Notes to Editors:

    • If workers suspect they are being underpaid, they can visit gov.uk/checkyourpay to find out more about what they can do.
    • Workers can also call the Acas helpline on 0300 123 1100 or visit their website for free, impartial and confidential advice or complain to HMRC at Pay and work rights helpline and complaints
    • The minimum wage law applies to all parts of the UK.
    • Employers should always carry out the necessary checks – see the guidance: Calculating the Minimum Wage
    • HMRC consider all complaints from workers, so workers are being reminded to check their pay with advice available through the Check your pay website
    • National Living Wage and National Minimum wage rates:
    2024 rate 2025 rate
    National Living Wage (21 and over) £11.44 £12.21
    18 to 20 £8.60 £10.00
    Under 18 £6.40 £7.55
    Apprentice £6.40 £7.55
    1. Capita Business Services Ltd, City of London, EC2V, failed to pay £1,154,461.97 to 5,543 workers.
    2. Pizzaexpress (Restaurants) Limited, Croydon, CR0, failed to pay £760,701.61 to 8,470 workers.        
    3. Virtual Marketing Services (Gibraltar) Ltd, Birmingham, B3, failed to pay £478,282.71 to 41 workers.        
    4. L. Rowland & Company (Retail) Limited , Runcorn, WA7, failed to pay £307,342.87 to 2,293 workers.        
    5. Templar Corporation Limited, Lewisham, SE16, failed to pay £298,143.12 to 26 workers.        
    6. Lidl Great Britain Limited, Merton, SW19, failed to pay £286,437.18 to 3,423 workers.        
    7. British Airways PLC, Harmondsworth, UB7, failed to pay £231,276.10 to 2,165 workers.        
    8. Scottish Midland Co-operative Society Limited, Newbridge, EH28, failed to pay £186,883.56 to 1,795 workers.        
    9. Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd, Lambeth, SE1, failed to pay £177,268.08 to 2,297 workers.        
    10. Prezzo Limited, Woodford Green, IG8, failed to pay £163,702.67 to 2,550 workers.        
    11. Halfords Ltd, Redditch, B98, failed to pay £140,829.79 to 4,341 workers.        
    12. The Southern Co-Operative Limited , Portsmouth, PO6, failed to pay £126,739.33 to 2,300 workers.        
    13. TUI UK Retail Limited, Luton, LU2, failed to pay £107,611.04 to 2,044 workers.        
    14. Heart Of England Co-Operative Society Limited, Coventry, CV6, failed to pay £90,870.95 to 1,017 workers.        
    15. CDS (Superstores International) Limited, Plymouth, PL6, failed to pay £89,158.47 to 1,648 workers.        
    16. Day Lewis PLC, Croydon, CR0, failed to pay £82,819.47 to 604 workers.        
    17. Petrogas Group UK Limited, Ampthill, MK45, failed to pay £63,026.69 to 602 workers.        
    18. Mr Guiseppe Caruso , London, W2, failed to pay £59,780.03 to 2 workers.        
    19. William Strike Limited, Carlisle, CA6, failed to pay £56,657.01 to 798 workers.        
    20. Property Management Services (NI) Limited, Belfast, BT3, failed to pay £54,852.44 to 414 workers.        
    21. Coghlan Lodges Limited, Uxbridge, UB8, failed to pay £52,062.45 to 45 workers.        
    22. Ant Marketing Limited, Sheffield, S2, failed to pay £46,260.65 to 340 workers.        
    23. Maclean Services (L) Limited, London, W2, failed to pay £43,583.26 to 781 workers.        
    24. ABM Aviation UK Limited, Hounslow, TW6, failed to pay £40,243.10 to 880 workers.        
    25. Malvern Tyres (Wholesale) Limited, Gloucester, GL1, failed to pay £39,012.15 to 158 workers.        
    26. Halfords Autocentres Limited, Redditch, B98, failed to pay £38,470.94 to 760 workers.        
    27. J M McGill Ltd, Doncaster, DN4, failed to pay £38,178.62 to 364 workers.        
    28. R.T. Stuart Limited, Methil, KY8, failed to pay £37,384.89 to 310 workers.        
    29. Deluxe Beds Ltd, Huddersfield, HD2, failed to pay £27,233.68 to 64 workers.        
    30. Freedom Hotels West Limited, Nr Fort William, PH49, failed to pay £26,814.06 to 37 workers.        
    31. Mytime Active, Orpington, BR6, failed to pay £26,414.51 to 414 workers.        
    32. Parkdean Resorts UK Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE12, failed to pay £26,360.91 to 291 workers.        
    33. Whitakers Chocolates Limited, Skipton, BD23, failed to pay £26,183.83 to 141 workers.        
    34. Suttons Tankers Limited, Widnes, WA8, failed to pay £25,631.33 to 35 workers.        
    35. Health Care Resourcing Group Limited, Prescot, L34, failed to pay £25,344.45 to 86 workers.        
    36. Veecare Ltd, Loughton, IG10, failed to pay £23,567.49 to 168 workers.        
    37. Meridian Marlow Ltd, Marlow, SL7, failed to pay £22,993.97 to 66 workers.        
    38. Managing Care Limited, Croydon, CR9, failed to pay £21,834.52 to 83 workers.        
    39. Mr Sri Krishna Ratnasinkam and Mrs Saraswathy Ratnasinkam , Ringmer, BN8, failed to pay £20,504.98 to 1 worker.        
    40. M Buckingham & Company Limited        
    , Maulden, MK45, failed to pay £20,361.01 to 3 workers.        
    41. Regency Hotel (Northern Ireland) Limited, Belfast, BT3, failed to pay £19,952.21 to 201 workers.        
    42. Baxters Food Group Limited, Fochabers, IV32, failed to pay £19,765.00 to 62 workers.        
    43. Thrive Childcare and Education Limited, Musselburgh, EH21, failed to pay £19,420.47 to 24 workers.        
    44. Hillgate Investments Limited, Rotherhithe , SE16, failed to pay £19,358.74 to 40 workers.        
    45. Hilton UK Hotels Limited, Watford, WD24, failed to pay £18,924.07 to 20 workers.        
    46. Oscar Mayer Limited, Chard, TA20, failed to pay £18,830.92 to 172 workers.        
    47. BA Cityflyer Limited, West Drayton, UB7, failed to pay £17,988.39 to 102 workers.        
    48. Crystal Property Cleaning Ltd, Twickenham, TW2, failed to pay £17,767.18 to 1 worker.        
    49. Key Care And Support Ltd, Manchester, M34, failed to pay £17,649.66 to 189 workers.        
    50. Sean Elliott, Ballymena, BT42, failed to pay £17,518.00 to 1 worker.        
    51. YTC Limited, Driffield, YO25, failed to pay £17,194.32 to 226 workers.        
    52. Virtual Marketing Services (Gibraltar) Ltd, Gibraltar, GX11, failed to pay £17,155.36 to 1 worker.        
    53. Wargrave Auto Centre Limited , Hounslow, TW5, failed to pay £17,114.70 to 37 workers.        
    54. Lawrence Davis Design Limited, Stoke On Trent, ST1, failed to pay £16,936.97 to 2 workers.        
    55. BJ Bright Day Nurseries Limited, Doncaster, DN5, failed to pay £16,759.85 to 19 workers.        
    56. Thorntons Limited, Alfreton, DE55, failed to pay £16,449.00 to 444 workers.        
    57. 24/7 Security and Events Ltd, Driffield, YO25, failed to pay £15,962.00 to 74 workers.        
    58. Winemark The Winemerchants Limited, Belfast, BT3, failed to pay £15,738.33 to 186 workers.        
    59. Anochrome Limited, Walsall, WS2, failed to pay £15,600.86 to 49 workers.        
    60. Allen Day Associates Limited, Bidwell, LU5, failed to pay £15,525.26 to 387 workers.        
    61. Equitas Solicitors Limited, Preston, PR2, failed to pay £15,412.15 to 72 workers.        
    62. Kingwood Limited, Wokingham, RG40, failed to pay £15,090.99 to 1 worker.        
    63. The Eastbury (Sherbourne) Limited, Sherborne, DT9, failed to pay £14,813.03 to 7 workers.        
    64. Elmoreton Limited, Belfast, BT7, failed to pay £14,782.81 to 391 workers.        
    65. Elliott Baxter & Company Limited , Farnborough, GU12, failed to pay £14,411.44 to 43 workers.        
    66. MA Bureau Limited, Croydon, CR0, failed to pay £13,226.91 to 6 workers.        
    67. Moto Hospitality Limited, Toddington, LU5, failed to pay £13,164.96 to 734 workers.        
    68. Slo Drinks Limited, Stockport, SK3, failed to pay £12,716.05 to 1 worker.        
    69. The Crown Hotel (Colne) Limited, Colne, BB8, failed to pay £12,642.18 to 2 workers.        
    70. EA Coaching Ltd, Birmingham, B34, failed to pay £12,378.25 to 18 workers.        
    71. Hydes’ Brewery Limited, Salford, M50, failed to pay £12,281.18 to 176 workers.        
    72. Elior UK PLC, Macclesfield, SK11, failed to pay £12,198.61 to 496 workers.        
    73. Savoy Tyres Limited, Kingston Upon Hull, HU8, failed to pay £11,921.60 to 6 workers.        
    74. PK Sales & Lettings Ltd, Greenwich, SE18, failed to pay £11,885.46 to 5 workers.        
    75. Quokka Solutions Ltd, Sunderland , SR5, failed to pay £11,605.84 to 15 workers.        
    76. Elix-Irr Consulting Services Limited, London, EC2V, failed to pay £11,101.13 to 21 workers.        
    77. Go To The Venue Limited, Oswestry, SY11, failed to pay £10,974.19 to 21 workers.        
    78. JWDW Limited, Doncaster, DN4, failed to pay £10,699.64 to 21 workers.        
    79. Mr Stuart Benson, Heywood, OL10, failed to pay £10,600.34 to 1 worker.        
    80. Philip Russell Limited, Belfast, BT6, failed to pay £10,507.58 to 111 workers.        
    81. Energy Kidz Ltd, Wokingham , RG41, failed to pay £10,479.36 to 199 workers.        
    82. ABC Pre-School Limited, Culcheth, WA3, failed to pay £10,393.39 to 16 workers.        
    83. YAM 110 Limited, Bradford, BD8, failed to pay £10,021.48 to 22 workers.        
    84. Lord Charles P Courtenay, Kenton, EX6, failed to pay £9,930.78 to 1 worker.        
    85. React Homecare Ltd, Mansfield, NG21, failed to pay £9,907.42 to 127 workers.        
    86. Lutonestateandlettings Ltd, Luton, LU3, failed to pay £9,887.66 to 4 workers.        
    87. Jill Birt, Bolton, BL5, failed to pay £9,819.79 to 3 workers.        
    88. The House That Jack Built (Day Nursery) Limited, Marlow, SL7, failed to pay £9,810.00 to 8 workers.        
    89. IWE Services Limited, Staxton, YO12, failed to pay £9,803.34 to 3 workers.        
    90. At Home – Specialists in Care Ltd, Pocklington, YO42, failed to pay £9,737.27 to 26 workers.        
    91. Mr Albert Cepa, Chesterfield, S40, failed to pay £9,677.33 to 4 workers.        
    92. Top Gas Heating & Plumbing Limited, Bristol, BS15, failed to pay £9,675.90 to 4 workers.        
    93. Brookfield Retail Ltd, Dewsbury, WF12, failed to pay £9,544.19 to 52 workers.        
    94. Clock House Farm Limited, Maidstone, ME17, failed to pay £9,384.53 to 69 workers.        
    95. Panic Deliveries Limited, Oldbury , B69, failed to pay £9,362.96 to 29 workers.        
    96. Steve Kane Painting & Decorating Limited, Doncaster, DN3, failed to pay £9,317.13 to 11 workers.        
    97. Wine Inns Limited, Belfast, BT3, failed to pay £9,295.35 to 103 workers.        
    98. SOS Homecare Ltd, Stretford, M32, failed to pay £9,186.36 to 293 workers.        
    99. Parkway Derby Limited, Derby, DE24, failed to pay £9,083.64 to 11 workers.        
    100. Lashes Nails and Brows Ltd, Thornton Heath, CR7, failed to pay £9,074.84 to 3 workers.        
    101. Mrs Carol Olsen , Bedlington, NE22, failed to pay £8,988.13 to 25 workers.        
    102. Teddy Bear Nursery Limited, Rochdale, OL16, failed to pay £8,982.22 to 32 workers.        
    103. R.H. Wilson (Chemists) Limited, Blackburn, BB1, failed to pay £8,925.53 to 11 workers.        
    104. Mr James Westcott, Newport, PO30, failed to pay £8,587.49 to 33 workers.        
    105. Mr Orhan Esen, Dumfries, DG1, failed to pay £8,513.17 to 5 workers.        
    106. Waterloo and Taunton Conservative Club, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL7, failed to pay £8,468.51 to 3 workers.        
    107. Aramark Limited, Leeds, LS16, failed to pay £8,407.77 to 154 workers.        
    108. Mr Mario Wood, Stalybridge, SK15, failed to pay £8,040.26 to 3 workers.        
    109. Mr Paul S Clerehugh T/A , Henley-On-Thames, RG9, failed to pay £8,029.07 to 20 workers.        
    110. Waggon & Horses (Matley) Ltd, Stalybridge, SK15, failed to pay £8,016.08 to 57 workers.        
    111. Rice Solutions Limited, Southport, PR8, failed to pay £7,921.26 to 2 workers.        
    112. UK Hairdressers 2019 Limited, Birmingham, B16, failed to pay £7,870.93 to 13 workers.        
    113. LIBERTY MUSIC PR LTD, Brighton, BN1, failed to pay £7,663.84 to 3 workers.        
    114. Turkuaz Limited, Cheadle, SK8, failed to pay £7,655.93 to 3 workers.        
    115. Belgravia Mews Hotel Limited, South Kensington, SW5, failed to pay £7,646.84 to 14 workers.        
    116. Start Afresh Cleaning Limited, Ipswich, IP1, failed to pay £7,630.05 to 15 workers.        
    117. Mr Atul Patel & Mr Bhikhubhai Patel, Northampton, NN5, failed to pay £7,386.13 to 1 worker.        
    118. K J Curson Growers Limited, Wisbech, PE14, failed to pay £7,311.72 to 11 workers.        
    119. Artico Limited, Monmouth, NP25, failed to pay £7,306.40 to 1 worker.        
    120. Tristan HCW Ltd, Bedford, MK41, failed to pay £7,227.75 to 7 workers.        
    121. Mainstage Festivals Limited, Southwark, SE1, failed to pay £7,089.61 to 4 workers.        
    122. Talash Limited, CV32, failed to pay £7,053.17 to 53 workers.        
    123. J D Wetherspoon Plc, Watford , WD24, failed to pay £7,000.00 to 282 workers.        
    124. Aroma Expresso Bar Limited, London, NW4, failed to pay £6,967.02 to 2 workers.        
    125. Lymedale Motors Limited, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5, failed to pay £6,859.90 to 3 workers.        
    126. Golders Green Hairdressing Limited, Finchley, NW11, failed to pay £6,846.53 to 10 workers.        
    127. Head Office Hair and Beauty (Scotland) Ltd., Glasgow, G61, failed to pay £6,803.01 to 2 workers.        
    128. The Stair Arms Hotel Ltd, Pathhead, EH37, failed to pay £6,787.54 to 1 worker.        
    129. Springfields Supported Services Limited, Barking, IG11, failed to pay £6,693.35 to 19 workers.        
    130. Network Tyre & Auto Limited, Dartford, DA1, failed to pay £6,529.19 to 7 workers.        
    131. Specialist Computer Centres Plc, Birmingham, B11, failed to pay £6,491.66 to 28 workers.        
    132. Treetops Childrens Nursery Ltd, Blackpool, FY2, failed to pay £6,450.52 to 45 workers.        
    133. McDonald & Munro Limited, Elgin, IV30, failed to pay £6,436.10 to 2 workers.        
    134. Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd, Maidenhead, SL6, failed to pay £6,387.96 to 47 workers.        
    135. Woodhall Capital Limited, London, EC4N, failed to pay £6,294.25 to 1 worker.        
    136. Mr Steven Prested, Meadowfield, DH7, failed to pay £6,207.12 to 1 worker.        
    137. Best Social Enterprise Ltd, London, SE1, failed to pay £6,171.64 to 10 workers.        
    138. The Buck House Limited, Wrexham, LL13, failed to pay £6,101.67 to 1 worker.        
    139. Mahmoud Shaduman Ali , Derby , DE23, failed to pay £6,091.90 to 6 workers.        
    140. Get Your Mobi Limited, Lancaster, LA1, failed to pay £6,069.51 to 8 workers.        
    141. Robertson Facilities Management Limited, Elgin, IV30, failed to pay £5,864.37 to 51 workers.        
    142. Orion Group London Limited, Wandsworth, SW18, failed to pay £5,818.69 to 1 worker.        
    143. Dee Kay Knitwear Ltd, Leicester, LE4, failed to pay £5,801.65 to 38 workers.        
    144. Miss J J Smart, Southampton, SO31, failed to pay £5,778.65 to 1 worker.        
    145. Zhanna Horn, Torquay, TQ2, failed to pay £5,749.66 to 2 workers.        
    146. The Fernlea Hotel Limited, Lytham St Annes, FY8, failed to pay £5,698.56 to 4 workers.        
    147. Gogo and Fried Chicken Limited, Coventry, CV1, failed to pay £5,665.58 to 9 workers.        
    148. Chess People Limited, Alderley Edge, SK9, failed to pay £5,629.12 to 1 worker.        
    149. Building Blocks Day Nursery (NI) Ltd, Toome, BT41, failed to pay £5,576.45 to 45 workers.        
    150. Mr Christopher Owston, North Shields, NE29, failed to pay £5,571.27 to 1 worker.        
    151. LJ Care Homes Ltd, Lincoln, LN4, failed to pay £5,568.84 to 56 workers.        
    152. Crossgates Stop N Shop Ltd, Leeds, LS15, failed to pay £5,545.63 to 4 workers.        
    153. BLFL Services Ltd, Burnham on Crouch, CM0, failed to pay £5,496.06 to 3 workers.        
    154. Mr Nigel Ian Fisher, Romsey, SO51, failed to pay £5,442.49 to 1 worker.        
    155. Mr Mathew James Hicks, Whitchurch, RG28, failed to pay £5,439.43 to 3 workers.        
    156. Old Town Car Wash Ltd, Hastings, TN35, failed to pay £5,422.92 to 5 workers.        
    157. London Street Brasserie Limited, Reading, RG1, failed to pay £5,343.77 to 13 workers.        
    158. Coton Care Limited, Wolverhampton, WV4, failed to pay £5,342.58 to 47 workers.        
    159. Epilepsy Society, Chalfont St Peter, SL9, failed to pay £5,293.99 to 1 worker.        
    160. Premier Work Support Limited, Chatham, ME4, failed to pay £5,272.92 to 428 workers.        
    161. Power Leisure Bookmakers Limited, Hammersmith, W6, failed to pay £5,245.57 to 257 workers.        
    162. Star Lite Jobs Limited, Ilford, IG1, failed to pay £5,237.44 to 67 workers.        
    163. Vivienne Westwood Limited, Wandsworth, SW11, failed to pay £5,232.00 to 1 worker.        
    164. A.P.C. Panels Ltd, Barry, CF63, failed to pay £5,220.60 to 7 workers.        
    165. Ghani Systems Ltd, Glasgow, G42, failed to pay £5,209.68 to 15 workers.        
    166. Taylor Dental Laboratory Limited, Leicester, LE5, failed to pay £5,189.75 to 1 worker.        
    167. MEDS2U Limited, Barnsley, S73, failed to pay £5,057.78 to 8 workers.        
    168. Total Cleaning South Limited, Manston, CT12, failed to pay £5,054.94 to 218 workers.        
    169. Decorative Panels Furniture Limited , Elland, HX5, failed to pay £5,045.43 to 62 workers.        
    170. Supercar Italia Ltd, Westerham, TN16, failed to pay £4,997.94 to 1 worker.        
    171. Miss Gemma Tattersall, Horsham, RH13, failed to pay £4,886.88 to 3 workers.        
    172. Mr Muhammed Afzal Jabarkhail , Clydebank, G81, failed to pay £4,873.12 to 1 worker.        
    173. Mr Shamim Ahmed, Braunton, EX33, failed to pay £4,867.46 to 1 worker.        
    174. Canei International Limited, Nottingham, NG10, failed to pay £4,752.20 to 1 worker.        
    175. Kitty Café Leeds Limited, Leeds, LS1, failed to pay £4,745.99 to 10 workers.        
    176. DES Healthcare Limited, Lincoln, LN5, failed to pay £4,634.94 to 36 workers.        
    177. Lakeside Day Nursery Limited , Swansea, SA6, failed to pay £4,631.93 to 3 workers.        
    178. Zayani Limited, West Drayton, UB7, failed to pay £4,593.39 to 2 workers.        
    179. Eaton Electrical Systems Limited, Doncaster, DN2, failed to pay £4,576.09 to 24 workers.        
    180. Mr Fadhil Omar Ibrahim , Ripley, DE5, failed to pay £4,482.40 to 5 workers.        
    181. Central Garage (Chesham) Ltd, Hyde Heath, HP6, failed to pay £4,416.25 to 1 worker.        
    182. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, SW7, failed to pay £4,372.16 to 1 worker.        
    183. Penrhyn Inns Limited, Oldham, OL4, failed to pay £4,324.94 to 33 workers.        
    184. Everest Hotels Limited, Powys, NP8, failed to pay £4,274.77 to 4 workers.        
    185. Coastal Heating Ltd, Sheringham, NR26, failed to pay £4,267.76 to 1 worker.        
    186. UK Solutions Limited, Chelmsford, CM1, failed to pay £4,267.22 to 28 workers.        
    187. NEO Property Solutions Limited, Leeds, LS9, failed to pay £4,263.52 to 16 workers.        
    188. Mountford House Nursery Limited, Nottingham, NG5, failed to pay £4,195.32 to 1 worker.        
    189. Major Cleaning Services Limited, Potters Bar, EN6, failed to pay £4,194.74 to 25 workers.        
    190. Witham Valeting Ltd, Witham , CM8, failed to pay £4,166.48 to 8 workers.        
    191. Parsons Bakery Limited, Bristol, BS3, failed to pay £4,134.64 to 44 workers.        
    192. Mr Amir Rasool, Langholm, DG13, failed to pay £4,083.79 to 1 worker.        
    193. Grosvenor Concierge Limited  (previously GCS Facility Services Limited), Skegness, PE25, failed to pay £4,056.99 to 120 workers.        
    194. Industrial Cleaning Services (UK) Ltd, Camden, WC1N, failed to pay £4,048.91 to 41 workers.        
    195. Spring Cleaning Services Limited, Cheltenham, GL51, failed to pay £3,989.71 to 16 workers.        
    196. Sunlit Ltd, Lewisham, SE6, failed to pay £3,973.49 to 4 workers.        
    197. Blink Productions Limited, Holloway, N7, failed to pay £3,910.06 to 4 workers.        
    198. DSM Joinery Contractors Limited, Dunfermline, KY11, failed to pay £3,905.50 to 2 workers.        
    199. Fashion Fabric Transprinters Limited, Leicester, LE4, failed to pay £3,779.70 to 2 workers.        
    200. Mrs Imogen Katherine Wyvill, Mr Marmaduke D’Arcy William Wyvill and Mr Marmaduke Charles Astey Wyvill, Leyburn, DL8, failed to pay £3,724.37 to 16 workers.        
    201. Mrs Nalani Carr, Haverhill, CB9, failed to pay £3,702.83 to 1 worker.        
    202. Temple Farm Limited, Ramsgate, CT11, failed to pay £3,696.54 to 57 workers.        
    203. Walker Outboard Services Limited, Reading, RG4, failed to pay £3,647.76 to 1 worker.        
    204. Shah Foods Ltd, Newham, E16, failed to pay £3,638.69 to 2 workers.        
    205. City Office (NI) Ltd, Belfast, BT12, failed to pay £3,622.46 to 2 workers.        
    206. Ms Stacey Baker, Doune, FK16, failed to pay £3,582.87 to 1 worker.        
    207. Joarr Hot Food Emporium Limited, Southport, PR9, failed to pay £3,564.00 to 1 worker.        
    208. St John’s Road Garage Limited, Dartford, DA2, failed to pay £3,525.63 to 1 worker.        
    209. Alanya Catering Ltd, Nottingham, NG1, failed to pay £3,489.42 to 7 workers.        
    210. Care Direct Group Limited, Eastbourne, BN21, failed to pay £3,484.98 to 35 workers.        
    211. Baudelaire Limited, Alresford , SO24, failed to pay £3,454.06 to 1 worker.        
    212. House Of Glamour Limited, East Dulwich, SE22, failed to pay £3,433.06 to 1 worker.        
    213. Oshibori Scotland Ltd, Dundee, DD1, failed to pay £3,328.44 to 5 workers.        
    214. Yatab Company Ltd, Rainham, RM13, failed to pay £3,292.77 to 7 workers.        
    215. Cheeky Monkey Day Nurseries Limited, Birmingham, B15, failed to pay £3,272.93 to 22 workers.        
    216. S & W Developments Limited, Doncaster, DN5, failed to pay £3,253.46 to 1 worker.        
    217. The Lady Cleaner Ltd, Eastbourne, BN23, failed to pay £3,233.28 to 26 workers.        
    218. Mi Casa Care Ltd, Mansfield, NG19, failed to pay £3,221.07 to 23 workers.        
    219. SNC-LAVALIN RAIL & TRANSIT LIMITED, Epsom, KT18, failed to pay £3,212.78 to 11 workers.        
    220. Little Flowers Limited, Renfrew, PA4, failed to pay £3,162.05 to 1 worker.        
    221. Little Ducklings Day Nursery (Garstang) Limited, Preston, PR3, failed to pay £3,157.18 to 1 worker.        
    222. Fresh 75 Limited, Newport, PO30, failed to pay £3,132.90 to 1 worker.        
    223. Excel Parking Services Limited, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £3,124.95 to 14 workers.        
    224. Mr Simon Foster and Mrs Jane Foster, Skipton, BD23, failed to pay £3,124.66 to 1 worker.        
    225. Mr Daniel Jenkinson , Preston, PR1, failed to pay £3,104.72 to 1 worker.        
    226. Spanners & Sparks (EK) Limited, Glasgow, G75, failed to pay £3,093.15 to 5 workers.        
    227. Central Electrical Contracts Limited, Wolverhampton, WV6, failed to pay £3,086.28 to 5 workers.        
    228. Branded Housewares Limited, Wolverhampton, WV2, failed to pay £3,066.72 to 4 workers.        
    229. Valerie Anne Sheen , Honiton, EX14, failed to pay £3,057.10 to 18 workers.        
    230. Rosebridge Private Day Nursery Limited, Wigan, WN1, failed to pay £3,056.94 to 19 workers.        
    231. Elite Motors Bodyshop Limited, Northampton, NN5, failed to pay £3,055.68 to 8 workers.        
    232. Roux Waterside Inn Limited, Bray, SL6, failed to pay £3,022.52 to 19 workers.        
    233. P.B Services (Wales) Limited, Mountain Ash, CF45, failed to pay £3,008.30 to 2 workers.        
    234. Lostock Hall Academy Trust, Preston, PR5, failed to pay £2,993.98 to 2 workers.        
    235. Taylor Shaw Limited, Macclesfield, SK11, failed to pay £2,958.43 to 2 workers.        
    236. Sage Hair Care (Salons) Limited, Cardiff, CF5, failed to pay £2,938.09 to 3 workers.        
    237. Mr Andrew Petrou, Walworth, SE17, failed to pay £2,907.33 to 1 worker.        
    238. Crystal Car Wash and Valeting Ltd, Loughborough, LE11, failed to pay £2,852.00 to 1 worker.        
    239. KEYSIGNS LIMITED, Bellshill, ML4, failed to pay £2,851.78 to 4 workers.        
    240. Centerplate UK Limited, Camden, WC1B, failed to pay £2,829.64 to 167 workers.        
    241. MN Support Services Limited, Queens Park, W10, failed to pay £2,829.17 to 294 workers.        
    242. Kirklees Active Leisure , Huddersfield, HD1, failed to pay £2,821.46 to 18 workers.        
    243. Marsden Healthcare Limited, Nelson, BB9, failed to pay £2,811.05 to 22 workers.        
    244. Mrs Michelle S Chandler, Birmingham, B44, failed to pay £2,806.72 to 2 workers.        
    245. Jamie Stevens (Kensington) Ltd, Kensington, W8, failed to pay £2,779.88 to 2 workers.        
    246. Filco Supermarkets Limited, Llantwit Major, CF61, failed to pay £2,772.41 to 118 workers.        
    247. AFH Ltd, Cardiff, CF24, failed to pay £2,771.99 to 4 workers.        
    248. Ms Philippa Funnell, Dorking, RH5, failed to pay £2,746.65 to 2 workers.        
    249. Kids at Heart (Harrogate) Limited, Knaresborough, HG5, failed to pay £2,746.08 to 3 workers.        
    250. Sparkle Cleaning Co. (London) Limited, Croydon, CR5, failed to pay £2,732.94 to 25 workers.        
    251. Lexington Catering Limited, Camden, EC4N, failed to pay £2,714.52 to 64 workers.        
    252. What A Hoot Day Nursery Limited, Blyth, NE24, failed to pay £2,712.53 to 4 workers.        
    253. Mr Andy B Fitzsimmons, Mr Ford B Fitzsimmons and Mrs Theresa G Fitzsimmons, Kilwinning, KA13, failed to pay £2,694.78 to 15 workers.        
    254. QSO Ltd, Leeds, LS4, failed to pay £2,675.41 to 10 workers.        
    255. Parkers Pets Limited, Southsea, PO5, failed to pay £2,665.49 to 2 workers.        
    256. Kazoku Restaurant Group Ltd, Sevenoaks, TN13, failed to pay £2,665.15 to 1 worker.        
    257. Madames Hair & Beauty Limited, Swindon, SN3, failed to pay £2,656.41 to 1 worker.        
    258. Acerta Group Limited , Warwick, CV34, failed to pay £2,629.00 to 13 workers.        
    259. London Auto Parts Limited, Wembley, HA0, failed to pay £2,622.17 to 2 workers.        
    260. Killan Structural Limited, Oldham, OL3, failed to pay £2,620.45 to 2 workers.        
    261. Sandersons (N.W.) Ltd, Blackpool, FY4, failed to pay £2,603.82 to 3 workers.        
    262. A & K Home Care Services Ltd, Napton, CV47, failed to pay £2,603.14 to 78 workers.        
    263. Chaplins Hotel Limited, Blackpool, FY1, failed to pay £2,586.56 to 2 workers.        
    264. Calmac Developments Limited, Dumfries, DG2, failed to pay £2,583.77 to 17 workers.        
    265. La Reserve Aparthotel (Manchester) Limited, Manchester, M1, failed to pay £2,567.66 to 13 workers.        
    266. Ultimate Stores Limited, London, NW1, failed to pay £2,560.34 to 4 workers.        
    267. Drayton Manor Resort Limited, Tamworth, B78, failed to pay £2,559.58 to 25 workers.        
    268. Community Foundation, Birmingham, B19, failed to pay £2,500.24 to 2 workers.        
    269. D and G Pub Company Limited, Darlington, DL3, failed to pay £2,498.17 to 35 workers.        
    270. Poplars Blossoms Nursery School Limited, Nottingham, NG5, failed to pay £2,494.39 to 1 worker.        
    271. Vonsung Limited, Islington, EC1Y, failed to pay £2,485.20 to 1 worker.        
    272. Cornish Premier Pasties Limited, Newquay, TR9, failed to pay £2,467.45 to 53 workers.        
    273. The Clansmans Rest Ltd, Glasgow, G40, failed to pay £2,417.22 to 3 workers.        
    274. Natural Care 53 Limited, Manchester, M12, failed to pay £2,412.03 to 1 worker.        
    275. TKE Landscaping Ltd, Wendens Ambo, CB11, failed to pay £2,403.16 to 3 workers.        
    276. Mockingbird Lane Ltd, Glasgow, G11, failed to pay £2,387.07 to 1 worker.        
    277. Mr Patrick G Neilan, Glasgow, G43, failed to pay £2,383.29 to 2 workers.        
    278. Brean Leisure Park Ltd, Berrow, Burnham-on-Sea, TA8, failed to pay £2,371.57 to 12 workers.        
    279. Davidsons Plumbing & Heating Limited , Bristol, BS5, failed to pay £2,349.54 to 4 workers.        
    280. Motor Body Centre Limited, Birmingham, B18, failed to pay £2,346.49 to 1 worker.        
    281. S & S Care (UK) Limited, Caergwrle, LL12, failed to pay £2,340.72 to 49 workers.        
    282. Kelton Nursery, Liverpool, L18, failed to pay £2,334.79 to 10 workers.        
    283. Asset India Limited, Harrow, HA1, failed to pay £2,334.54 to 2 workers.        
    284. Safegas UK Ltd, Swinton, M27, failed to pay £2,277.54 to 1 worker.        
    285. Mert GB 2 Limited, East Ham, E6, failed to pay £2,261.38 to 1 worker.        
    286. Hallwell Projects Ltd, Plymouth, PL1, failed to pay £2,211.32 to 3 workers.        
    287. Mr Andrew Roy Milward, Pembroke Dock, SA72, failed to pay £2,205.31 to 1 worker.        
    288. R & R Retail UK Limited, Luton, LU4, failed to pay £2,201.05 to 16 workers.        
    289. Salon IPS Ltd, Ipswich, IP4, failed to pay £2,189.12 to 1 worker.        
    290. Mr Narinder Kumar Nar, Birmingham, B18, failed to pay £2,173.86 to 2 workers.        
    291. Old Mill Holiday Park Limited, St Helens, PO33, failed to pay £2,172.06 to 1 worker.        
    292. Ms Caroline Wright, Birmingham, B43, failed to pay £2,170.63 to 1 worker.        
    293. Dolphin Care (IOW) Limited, Wroxall Ventnor, PO38, failed to pay £2,155.09 to 6 workers.        
    294. Whistledown Inn Limited, Newry, BT34, failed to pay £2,154.29 to 46 workers.        
    295. Renegade Hair Studio Limited, Leeds, LS2, failed to pay £2,148.74 to 1 worker.        
    296. Lethendy Cheltenham Limited, Cheltenham, GL53, failed to pay £2,144.90 to 44 workers.        
    297. Heminstone Estates Limited, Colchester, CO2, failed to pay £2,137.35 to 10 workers.        
    298. S Leicester Ltd, Leicester, LE5, failed to pay £2,127.17 to 38 workers.        
    299. GB Vape Limited, Heckmondwike, WF16, failed to pay £2,119.82 to 7 workers.        
    300. P McCarthy Limited, Brandon, IP27, failed to pay £2,108.75 to 9 workers.        
    301. K. Foley Limited, Great Blakenham, NR2, failed to pay £2,104.81 to 94 workers.        
    302. AGL Attractions Limited , Burnham-On-Sea, TA8, failed to pay £2,090.06 to 24 workers.        
    303. Techlogico Limited, Knottingley, WF11, failed to pay £2,056.43 to 6 workers.        
    304. Mr Iain Stewart Matheson, Paisley, PA1, failed to pay £2,036.50 to 6 workers.        
    305. GLASGOW WATERLOO LIMITED, Glasgow, G2, failed to pay £2,020.36 to 41 workers.        
    306. R J Ferguson Company Limited, Stewartstown, BT71, failed to pay £2,014.04 to 3 workers.        
    307. Ms Susan Meheux, Southampton, SO31, failed to pay £2,008.66 to 12 workers.        
    308. Mr David Odudu, Sheffield, S9, failed to pay £1,992.53 to 1 worker.        
    309. Mr Hazar Ibrahim Hamid, Doncaster, DN5, failed to pay £1,961.64 to 5 workers.        
    310. M&C Jones Building Contractors Limited, Rhyl, LL18, failed to pay £1,954.46 to 2 workers.        
    311. Hi-Spec Facilities Services Ltd, Dartford, DA2, failed to pay £1,938.75 to 96 workers.        
    312. Calibre Building & Decorating Services Limited, Lichfield, WS13, failed to pay £1,937.89 to 1 worker.        
    313. CPM Electrical Ltd, Omagh, BT79, failed to pay £1,937.71 to 4 workers.        
    314. Ashbrook Roofing & Supplies Limited, Nr Matlock, DE4, failed to pay £1,912.65 to 5 workers.        
    315. Mr Thomas Hutchison, Prestonpans, EH32, failed to pay £1,901.44 to 1 worker.        
    316. Mr Khalid Javid, Chester, CH2, failed to pay £1,891.42 to 1 worker.        
    317. South Golden Mountain Limited, Eastbourne, BN21, failed to pay £1,888.52 to 1 worker.        
    318. Oldbury Grange Nursing Home Ltd, Nuneaton, CV10, failed to pay £1,878.02 to 65 workers.        
    319. OC Electric Limited, Benton, NE12, failed to pay £1,869.32 to 1 worker.        
    320. Seagrave Decorations Limited, Kettering, NN16, failed to pay £1,847.76 to 4 workers.        
    321. Little Angels Fun Club and Nursery Limited, Bedlington, NE22, failed to pay £1,832.96 to 92 workers.        
    322. GAPJ Ivinghoe Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, LU7, failed to pay £1,828.25 to 5 workers.        
    323. Vapour C Co Ltd, Gillingham, ME7, failed to pay £1,822.57 to 2 workers.        
    324. Wide Range Services Limited, Hull, HU12, failed to pay £1,816.72 to 1 worker.        
    325. Hughes (Family Bakers) Holdings Limited, Bradford, BD18, failed to pay £1,811.57 to 26 workers.        
    326. A W Pettitt Limited, Windermere, LA23, failed to pay £1,810.90 to 5 workers.        
    327. Smartway Holding Limited, Holloway, N7, failed to pay £1,800.00 to 1 worker.        
    328. Beaux Health and Wellbeing Ltd, Taunton, TA1, failed to pay £1,791.96 to 1 worker.        
    329. Saggiomo Luxury Foods Limited, Croydon, CR0, failed to pay £1,787.60 to 1 worker.        
    330. John Clark (Holdings) Limited , Aberdeen, AB12, failed to pay £1,785.63 to 5 workers.        
    331. Swiftclean (UK) Limited, Southend-on-Sea, SS2, failed to pay £1,761.48 to 5 workers.        
    332. Reachout Healthcare Limited, Stockport, SK5, failed to pay £1,757.42 to 31 workers.        
    333. Mr Ian T Henderson, Accrington, BB5, failed to pay £1,740.90 to 2 workers.        
    334. Clarke Group Construction Limited, Wyberton, PE21, failed to pay £1,736.49 to 1 worker.        
    335. MRB Cleaning Limited, Swansea, SA1, failed to pay £1,733.88 to 1 worker.        
    336. Mr John Fulton Allen & Mr John Gary King,  Strabane, BT82, failed to pay £1,725.59 to 1 worker.        
    337. Belmont Hotel (Leicester) Limited, Leicester, LE1, failed to pay £1,710.28 to 36 workers.        
    338. Mini Me Private Day Nursery Limited, Newport, NP19, failed to pay £1,708.33 to 15 workers.        
    339. Glow Trade Ltd, Leicester, LE5, failed to pay £1,706.46 to 20 workers.        
    340. Mr Jason Hearn, Taunton, TA1, failed to pay £1,706.12 to 2 workers.        
    341. Country Park Leisure Limited, Hessle, HU13, failed to pay £1,705.13 to 13 workers.        
    342. C & C Precision Engineering Services Limited, Rowley Regis, B65, failed to pay £1,704.30 to 1 worker.        
    343. Karen Jeffrey , Wishaw, ML2, failed to pay £1,683.58 to 4 workers.        
    344. DNA Cleaning Solutions Limited, Twickenham, TW2, failed to pay £1,670.29 to 25 workers.        
    345. Assured Care (Stockport) Ltd., Stockport, SK1, failed to pay £1,666.57 to 79 workers.        
    346. Graylaw International Freight Group Ltd, Skelmersdale, WN8, failed to pay £1,663.46 to 7 workers.        
    347. SPI Trading Limited, Lisburn , BT28, failed to pay £1,656.74 to 3 workers.        
    348. Executive Hire Ltd., Glasgow, G74, failed to pay £1,650.54 to 3 workers.        
    349. Accelerate Cleaning Solutions Ltd, Ipswich, IP7, failed to pay £1,650.38 to 106 workers.        
    350. LGH Plumbing & Heating Services Limited, Leigh, WN7, failed to pay £1,624.77 to 1 worker.        
    351. Samuel Eales Silverware Limited, Sheffield, S3, failed to pay £1,619.79 to 1 worker.        
    352. High Grove Beds Limited, Liversedge, WF15, failed to pay £1,610.43 to 8 workers.        
    353. Shakes n Cakes Aberdeen Ltd, Aberdeen, AB24, failed to pay £1,597.98 to 1 worker.        
    354. Bespoke Cuisine Ltd, Bethnal Green, EC1V, failed to pay £1,587.04 to 1 worker.        
    355. Mascallkelly Limited, Cleveland, TS12, failed to pay £1,576.59 to 19 workers.        
    356. Sher Gill Enterprises Limited, Dunoon, PA23, failed to pay £1,557.58 to 1 worker.        
    357. Ms Hiromi Sato, London, SW4, failed to pay £1,551.71 to 2 workers.        
    358. R.Loughlin Electrical Services Ltd, Castlederg, BT81, failed to pay £1,542.58 to 3 workers.        
    359. Papermoon Nurseries (Boultham Park) Limited, Lincoln, LN6, failed to pay £1,535.25 to 11 workers.        
    360. SB Rom Food Center Ltd, Hounslow, TW3, failed to pay £1,533.80 to 9 workers.        
    361. Mr Robert Pontefract, Stamford, PE9, failed to pay £1,531.55 to 1 worker.        
    362. Grant Leisure Group Limited, Blackpool, FY3, failed to pay £1,495.62 to 15 workers.        
    363. Everbright Lodge Ltd, Llangollen, LL20, failed to pay £1,475.07 to 25 workers.        
    364. Biscuit Clothing Ltd, Edinburgh, EH10, failed to pay £1,469.89 to 1 worker.        
    365. Brockencote Hall Hotel Limited, Leamington Spa, CV33, failed to pay £1,468.25 to 19 workers.        
    366. Mr Francis Joseph McParland and Mr Peter Liam McParland , Armagh, BT61, failed to pay £1,466.04 to 4 workers.        
    367. Colemans Garden Centre Ltd, Templepatrick, BT39, failed to pay £1,450.11 to 35 workers.        
    368. Southcoast Homecare Ltd, Chichester, PO19, failed to pay £1,438.93 to 9 workers.        
    369. Booth & Stirland Limited, Ripley, DE5, failed to pay £1,434.97 to 3 workers.        
    370. Grieve Decor Limited, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15, failed to pay £1,415.11 to 2 workers.        
    371. Barry Tyre Centre Limited, Barry, CF63, failed to pay £1,408.88 to 1 worker.        
    372. Piddle Brewery Limited, Dorchester, DT2, failed to pay £1,407.79 to 1 worker.        
    373. Forseti Law Ltd, Bolton, BL1, failed to pay £1,403.87 to 1 worker.        
    374. Wash Me Clean Ltd, Bracknell, RG12, failed to pay £1,400.27 to 1 worker.        
    375. Colonnade (Operator) Limited, Little Venice, W9, failed to pay £1,385.11 to 1 worker.        
    376. Mario Gianni Limited, Stockport, SK7, failed to pay £1,378.94 to 3 workers.        
    377. Moyo’s Brothers Limited, Brighton, BN1, failed to pay £1,373.14 to 2 workers.        
    378. Atticus Cleaning Services Limited, Altrincham, WA14, failed to pay £1,364.89 to 1 worker.        
    379. Mrs Jane Boome and Miss Verity Jane Boome, Peterborough, PE7, failed to pay £1,360.84 to 13 workers.        
    380. Get Grip Auto Ltd, Cheltenham, GL53, failed to pay £1,348.25 to 2 workers.        
    381. Downs Holdings Limited, Yarm, TS15, failed to pay £1,339.48 to 8 workers.        
    382. Direct Cleaning Services (Oxford) Limited, Weston-Super-Mare, BS22, failed to pay £1,323.74 to 1 worker.        
    383. Viv Designs Ltd, Gravesend, DA12, failed to pay £1,317.95 to 1 worker.        
    384. Sycamore Farm Park Limited, Skegness, PE24, failed to pay £1,311.54 to 2 workers.        
    385. SMK Building & Joinery Contractors Ltd, Todmorden, OL14, failed to pay £1,297.16 to 1 worker.        
    386. Richard Tate Limited, Leeds, LS10, failed to pay £1,294.02 to 1 worker.        
    387. JDP Hotels Ltd, Wakefield, WF2, failed to pay £1,289.98 to 34 workers.        
    388. Miss Abby Fox, Widnes, WA8, failed to pay £1,270.35 to 10 workers.        
    389. Polish Village Bakery Ltd, Manchester , M17, failed to pay £1,267.37 to 43 workers.        
    390. ENERGY DUNDEE 4 U LTD , Dundee, DD4, failed to pay £1,263.65 to 15 workers.        
    391. Synvestment Ltd, High Wycombe, HP12, failed to pay £1,262.39 to 2 workers.        
    392. Peony Culture Communication Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1, failed to pay £1,247.02 to 1 worker.        
    393. Easy Clean Contractors Limited, Peterborough, PE7, failed to pay £1,246.92 to 125 workers.        
    394. R Binks Construction Limited, Bolton, BL2, failed to pay £1,244.33 to 3 workers.        
    395. Mrs Julie Shaw, Knaresborough, HG5, failed to pay £1,231.68 to 20 workers.        
    396. Mrs Karaimjit Gill, Barry, CF63, failed to pay £1,230.73 to 1 worker.        
    397. Mcaleer & McGarrity Ltd, Cookstown, BT80, failed to pay £1,207.77 to 2 workers.        
    398. M.P.M Consumer Products Limited, Manchester, M11, failed to pay £1,205.73 to 32 workers.        
    399. K.L.N. Limited , Brent, NW6, failed to pay £1,203.83 to 2 workers.        
    400. GMD SERVICES LIMITED, Kingston Upon Hull, HU3, failed to pay £1,193.24 to 2 workers.        
    401. C.V.East Ltd, Colchester , CO1, failed to pay £1,185.68 to 7 workers.        
    402. Mr Jonathan Hope and Mr Charlie Hope, Slough, SL3, failed to pay £1,183.12 to 3 workers.        
    403. Belshaw Bookkeeping Services Limited, Bacup, OL13, failed to pay £1,179.76 to 1 worker.        
    404. D Allen Transport Limited, St Helens, WA9, failed to pay £1,178.73 to 4 workers.        
    405. Mrs S & Mr G Clough, Bradford, BD12, failed to pay £1,162.79 to 1 worker.        
    406. Golden Cue Snooker Club Limited, Bilston, WV14, failed to pay £1,147.43 to 1 worker.        
    407. South Wales Building and Construction Limited, Newport, NP11, failed to pay £1,135.47 to 2 workers.        
    408. Form Communal Maintenance Limited, Hartford, CW8, failed to pay £1,131.97 to 1 worker.        
    409. SMS Bars Limited, Stockport, SK1, failed to pay £1,115.11 to 2 workers.        
    410. Grace Construction and Management Ltd, Derby, DE1, failed to pay £1,113.49 to 1 worker.        
    411. Alveston House Hotel Limited, Thornbury, BS35, failed to pay £1,109.12 to 1 worker.        
    412. Mrs Pearl Moore, Blackpool, FY4, failed to pay £1,094.75 to 3 workers.        
    413. Think Wraps Ltd, Poole, BH12, failed to pay £1,053.08 to 1 worker.        
    414. Telebizz Ltd, Plymouth, PL7, failed to pay £1,048.56 to 72 workers.        
    415. Hill Top Day Nursery Limited, Swadlincote, DE12, failed to pay £1,041.04 to 2 workers.        
    416. W. Corbett & Co. (Galvanizing) Limited, Telford, TF7, failed to pay £1,039.53 to 36 workers.        
    417. Autocare (Benfleet) Limited, Stanford-Le-Hope, SS17, failed to pay £1,032.23 to 2 workers.        
    418. Pork Farms Limited, Nottingham, NG2, failed to pay £1,029.77 to 9 workers.        
    419. Galdin Limited, Hackney, N1, failed to pay £1,024.50 to 5 workers.        
    420. Trinity Park Nursery Ltd, Craigavon, BT67, failed to pay £1,020.97 to 17 workers.        
    421. Mr Thanabalasingam Ketheeswarathas and Mrs Sivasuki Ketheeswarathas, Ipswich, IP2, failed to pay £1,006.83 to 2 workers.        
    422. G P H Carpentry Limited, Newquay, TR8, failed to pay £1,003.04 to 2 workers.        
    423. Euro Car Wash (South East) Limited, Greenwich, SE7, failed to pay £992.56 to 3 workers.        
    424. Mrs Melanie Elizabet Brown, Kirkcaldy, KY1, failed to pay £986.58 to 1 worker.        
    425. A O Hand Car Wash & Valeting Ltd, Peckham, SE15, failed to pay £982.62 to 3 workers.        
    426. Dash-Cae Limited, Oxford, OX14, failed to pay £976.19 to 1 worker.        
    427. Janette Allen Limited, Braintree, CM77, failed to pay £976.18 to 1 worker.        
    428. Ms Sarah Balfour, York, YO10, failed to pay £967.87 to 1 worker.        
    429. Allied Industrial Products Limited, Salford, M5, failed to pay £955.78 to 1 worker.        
    430. Cummins Ltd, Darlington, DL1, failed to pay £954.04 to 11 workers.        
    431. Ramsbottom Cricket Club, Bury, BL0, failed to pay £931.67 to 2 workers.        
    432. Soughton Shoot Limited, Northop, Mold,, CH7, failed to pay £927.24 to 1 worker.        
    433. Mrs Penni Durdy, Doncaster, DN9, failed to pay £924.04 to 1 worker.        
    434. Friends Care Agency Limited, Sandy, SG19, failed to pay £923.84 to 20 workers.        
    435. French Connection UK Limited, Camden, NW1, failed to pay £917.95 to 57 workers.        
    436. Precision Workwear Limited, Stamford, PE9, failed to pay £916.35 to 1 worker.        
    437. Joinex Joinery Express Limited, Brentford, TW8, failed to pay £882.61 to 12 workers.        
    438. Yorkcloud Limited, Ulverston, LA12, failed to pay £872.20 to 2 workers.        
    439. KR Scotland Ltd, Edinburgh, EH3, failed to pay £849.21 to 3 workers.        
    440. The KLE (Berwick) Group Ltd, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15, failed to pay £838.48 to 2 workers.        
    441. Zig Zag Day Nursery Limited, Peterborough, PE1, failed to pay £827.98 to 21 workers.        
    442. Birdies Day Nursery Limited, Lisburn, BT28, failed to pay £821.32 to 8 workers.        
    443. Sooty Olive Ltd, Waterside, BT47, failed to pay £819.24 to 33 workers.        
    444. Bright Bees Nursery Ltd, Leicester, LE4, failed to pay £817.06 to 1 worker.        
    445. What The Fish Limited, Richmond upon Thames, SW14, failed to pay £801.08 to 1 worker.        
    446. SFC (Edmonton) Limited, Enfield, N9, failed to pay £798.22 to 2 workers.        
    447. Fairytales Day Nursery Limited, Dudley, DY2, failed to pay £793.38 to 7 workers.        
    448. R.G.R. Garages (Cranfield) Limited, Bedford, MK43, failed to pay £791.65 to 1 worker.        
    449. Mad Goose Catering Limited, Ellington, PE28, failed to pay £788.54 to 3 workers.        
    450. Mr Grzegorz Biezunski, Trowbridge, BA14, failed to pay £787.80 to 1 worker.        
    451. Futurerate Limited, Loughborough, LE12, failed to pay £787.20 to 1 worker.        
    452. Kids Korner Day Nurseries Ltd, Belfast, BT6, failed to pay £779.81 to 23 workers.        
    453. Inter County Cleaning Services Limited, Rushden, NN10, failed to pay £754.38 to 106 workers.        
    454. Spring Clean Commercial Ltd, Norwich, NR16, failed to pay £753.17 to 107 workers.        
    455. Clean Living Services Limited, Lambeth, SW8, failed to pay £749.48 to 16 workers.        
    456. Le Petit Francais Ltd, Edinburgh, EH6, failed to pay £744.52 to 10 workers.        
    457. Playworks Childcare Limited, Caerphilly, CF83, failed to pay £743.64 to 5 workers.        
    458. Wickhambrook Stores Limited, Newmarket, CB8, failed to pay £729.88 to 1 worker.        
    459. Rothco Independent Mortgages Ltd, Alnwick, NE66, failed to pay £729.83 to 1 worker.        
    460. James David Segal, Hull, HU1, failed to pay £729.22 to 6 workers.        
    461. Daniel Thwaites Public Limited Company, Blackburn, BB2, failed to pay £724.73 to 23 workers.        
    462. HRUK Group of Companies Ltd, Leeds, LS8, failed to pay £719.11 to 1 worker.        
    463. Historic Hotels & Properties Ltd, Scarborough, YO11, failed to pay £707.11 to 5 workers.        
    464. Penge Car Care ltd, Croydon, SE25, failed to pay £682.48 to 2 workers.        
    465. Craig Gordon Building Services Ltd, Edinburgh, EH11, failed to pay £680.17 to 1 worker.        
    466. Mountview Hotels Ltd, Callander, FK17, failed to pay £672.60 to 1 worker.        
    467. Paragon Quality Foods Ltd, Doncaster, DN3, failed to pay £670.56 to 21 workers.        
    468. Core Electrical Solutions Ltd, Beckenham, BR3, failed to pay £658.78 to 2 workers.        
    469. Snacks Van Ltd, Watford, WD25, failed to pay £658.20 to 1 worker.        
    470. MacDonald Hotels (Management) Limited, Bathgate, EH48, failed to pay £648.78 to 1 worker.        
    471. Kelly Teggin Hairdressing Ltd, Knaresborough, HG5, failed to pay £647.19 to 1 worker.        
    472. Safe Gas (N.I.) Limited, Newtonabbey, BT36, failed to pay £639.10 to 1 worker.        
    473. Harrison Wade Ltd, Manchester, M1, failed to pay £636.04 to 2 workers.        
    474. Spectrum Energy Guard Ltd, Bournemouth, BH1, failed to pay £621.72 to 1 worker.        
    475. Gastronomy Foods UK Limited, Shrewsbury, SY1, failed to pay £618.76 to 51 workers.        
    476. Jobseekrs Limited, Manchester, M15, failed to pay £613.88 to 1 worker.        
    477. Stepping-Stones-Services Limited, Rochdale, OL11, failed to pay £611.13 to 19 workers.        
    478. Tramp Hair Boutique Limited, Stockport, SK1, failed to pay £610.40 to 1 worker.        
    479. Emporio Fashion Ltd, Leicester, LE5, failed to pay £608.85 to 18 workers.        
    480. Halton Concrete Ltd, Widnes, WA8, failed to pay £607.43 to 2 workers.        
    481. Kanto Stranmillis Limited, Belfast, BT9, failed to pay £590.15 to 1 worker.        
    482. Complete Payroll and Accountancy Limited, Altrincham, M33, failed to pay £584.24 to 1 worker.        
    483. Flawless Cleaning Ltd, Smethwick, B66, failed to pay £582.02 to 1 worker.        
    484. Al Halal Supermarket Limited , Bradford, BD7, failed to pay £581.64 to 7 workers.        
    485. Max & Molly Limited, Wigan, WN3, failed to pay £579.96 to 1 worker.        
    486. Happy Children Day Nursery Limited, Ballynahinch, BT24, failed to pay £573.74 to 12 workers.        
    487. Jagard Valeting & Cleaning Services Ltd, Wellingborough, NN8, failed to pay £573.47 to 2 workers.        
    488. 247 Convenience Store (Bury) Ltd, Bury, BL8, failed to pay £571.63 to 1 worker.        
    489. The Race Horses Hotel Limited, Skipton, BD23, failed to pay £566.05 to 2 workers.        
    490. Strategic Facilities Management Ltd, Leeds, LS17, failed to pay £561.18 to 3 workers.        
    491. Mr C Saudin & Mrs P Saudin, Canterbury, CT1, failed to pay £560.48 to 2 workers.        
    492. Golden Car Limited , Perivale, UB6, failed to pay £551.80 to 1 worker.        
    493. Your Friendly Local Limited, Rotherham, S60, failed to pay £549.95 to 6 workers.        
    494. Steven Boom, East Hunsbury, NN4, failed to pay £547.20 to 2 workers.        
    495. M A Fashions Ltd, Leicester, LE5, failed to pay £545.60 to 17 workers.        
    496. Comserv Contracting & Commercial Limited, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3, failed to pay £544.19 to 1 worker.        
    497. Bonner Studs Limited, Walsall, WS2, failed to pay £537.45 to 1 worker.        
    498. M & C Retail Limited, Darlington, DL1, failed to pay £537.36 to 4 workers.        
    499. Legacy Resorts Limited, Newton Stewart, DG8, failed to pay £536.69 to 1 worker.        
    500. E.K.S Living Clean Ltd, Norwich, NR6, failed to pay £533.58 to 5 workers.        
    501. SC HCW Ltd, Belfast, BT5, failed to pay £533.54 to 7 workers.        
    502. David Alexander Forbes, Inverurie, AB51, failed to pay £531.64 to 2 workers.        
    503. Arunagiri UK LTD, Rickmansworth, WD3, failed to pay £530.92 to 2 workers.        
    504. Millfield Haulage Limited, York, YO26, failed to pay £530.91 to 2 workers.        
    505. Ardmore (Co. Derry) Pre-Cast Concrete Limited, Ardmore, BT47, failed to pay £525.69 to 1 worker.        
    506. W1 Soho Ltd., Soho, W1D, failed to pay £523.20 to 1 worker.        
    507. Shree Siddhi Limited, Glasgow, G66, failed to pay £515.76 to 7 workers.        
    508. 41 Cars Hull Ltd, Hull, HU9, failed to pay £515.72 to 2 workers.        
    509. Felix Inns Ltd, Solihull, B92, failed to pay £514.09 to 20 workers.        
    510. Eastchurch Holiday Centre Limited, Eastchurch, ME12, failed to pay £511.70 to 1 worker.        
    511. Surf N Turf Limited, Leicester, LE2, failed to pay £511.63 to 2 workers.        
    512. Red House Garage Limited, St Helens, WA11, failed to pay £511.43 to 1 worker.        
    513. Classic Decorators (UK) Limited, Barry, CF63, failed to pay £511.43 to 1 worker.        
    514. John Codona’s Pleasure Fairs Limited, Aberdeen, AB24, failed to pay £505.82 to 3 workers.        
    515. Timberquay Limited, Derry, BT48, failed to pay £503.98 to 14 workers.        
    516. Ace Support FM Ltd, Barnet, N14, failed to pay £501.60 to 1 worker.        
    517. Sleepwell (Cumbria) Limited, Barrow In Furness, LA14, failed to pay £500.95 to 1 worker.        
    518. Blank Brixton Ltd, Brixton, SW2, failed to pay £287.31 to 1 worker.        

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Government steps in to build first major reservoirs in 30 years

    Source: United Kingdom – Government Statements

    Press release

    Government steps in to build first major reservoirs in 30 years

    New reservoirs will supply three quarters of a million homes and unlock the building of tens of thousands more as part of the Plan for Change

    Aerial shot of a circular slipway, Ardingly reservoir, West Sussex

    In a significant intervention to speed up delivery of much-needed reservoirs, the Environment Secretary Steve Reed has seized control of the planning process to build two major reservoirs for the first time since the 1990s. 

    This immediate step delivers on this government’s commitment to fast-track the delivery of nine new reservoirs, supporting its plans to get Britain building and deliver 1.5 million new homes by the end of this parliament.

    Without these projects, national water supplies will remain under threat and new homes simply cannot be built.

    With the government taking decisive control, two new reservoir projects in East Anglia and Lincolnshire have been awarded status of ‘nationally significant’. This means the project is so crucial that the planning process is escalated from a local level to the Secretary of State.

    This milestone will streamline and accelerate the planning process, to shore up water resources for over three quarters of a million homes in England’s most water-stressed areas.  

    Rapid population growth, crumbling infrastructure that has been left to decline, and a warming climate mean the UK could run out of clean drinking water by the middle of the next decade without a major infrastructure overhaul. 

    To sustain our water supply into the future, the government will also legislate to radically streamline the planning process – meaning the ‘nationally significant’ designation is automatic for projects like these which are fundamental to our national water resilience.  

    This comes as part of the Plan for Change, which will bring forward building 150 major infrastructure projects this Parliament, creating new jobs and driving economic growth. 

    Water Minister Emma Hardy said:  

    Today we are backing the builders not the blockers, intervening in the national interest and slashing red tape to make the planning process faster to unblock nine new reservoirs.  

    This Government will secure our water supply for future generations and unlock the building of thousands of homes as part of the Plan for Change.

    David Black, Chief Executive of Ofwat said:

    We welcome the clear focus the Government is placing upon accelerating the delivery of supply and resilience schemes that will meet our future water needs and support economic growth. Alongside the £2 billion of development funding announced at our 2024 Price Review, this will help us to deliver the largest programme of major water infrastructure projects – including nine new reservoirs – seen in decades.

    Meanwhile, the risk of drought this summer is increasing, with the Environment Agency urging water companies to do more to safeguard water supplies after the driest start to spring in 69 years.   

    Reservoirs, which collect and store water, are essential to keep water supply reliable and consistent even during dry weather – but no new reservoirs have been delivered since 1992, over 30 years ago. 

    Thousands of much needed homes in Cambridge and North Sussex are currently being blocked due to concerns around water scarcity.

    Anglian Water are proposing to build the Lincolnshire Reservoir to the south of Sleaford, aiming to be operational by 2040. They have also partnered with Cambridge Water to propose the Fens Reservoir, located between the towns of Chatteris and March, set to be completed in 2036. 

    The Lincolnshire Reservoir would provide up to 166 million litres of water per day for up to 500,000 homes – that is the equivalent of more than 664 million cups of tea day. The Fens would supply a much needed 87 million litres to 250,000 homes in the driest region of the UK. 

    Both projects will now progress to consultation phase, where developers gather views from communities and stakeholders. 

    Water companies have committed to bring 9 new reservoirs online by 2050, in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Kent, East Sussex and the West Midlands and Somerset. These reservoirs alone have the potential to provide 670 million litres of extra water per day. 

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  • MIL-Evening Report: Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne

    Buttons have been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate in Victoria, the ACT, Queensland and Western Australia. Labor gained a seat from the Liberals in Victoria, with the other two unchanged. I had a wrap of earlier button presses on Tuesday.

    Six of the 12 senators for each state and all four territory senators were up for election on May 3. Changes in state senate representation are measured against 2019, the last time these senators were up for election.

    Senators are elected by proportional representation in their jurisdictions with preferences. At a half-Senate election, with six senators in each state up for election, a quota is one-seventh of the vote, or 14.3%. For the territories, a quota is one-third or 33.3%.

    Labor has won three of the six Victorian senators, the Coalition two and the Greens one, a gain for Labor from the Coalition since 2019. That’s a 4–2 split from Victoria to the left.

    Final primary votes gave Labor 2.43 quotas, the Coalition 2.20, the Greens 0.87, One Nation 0.31, Legalise Cannabis 0.25, Trumpet of Patriots 0.18, Family First 0.13, Animal Justice 0.11 and Victorian Socialists 0.11.

    On the distribution of preferences, Labor’s third candidate defeated One Nation by 0.87 quotas to 0.81. Neither the third Liberal nor Legalise Cannabis were anywhere near One Nation at earlier exclusion points.

    On the exclusion of the Liberals, 50% of their preferences went to One Nation, 22% to Labor, 14% to Legalise Cannabis and the rest exhausted. At this point, One Nation led Labor by 0.73 quotas to 0.67 with 0.47 for Legalise Cannabis. On Legalise Cannabis’ exclusion, Labor won 42% of preferences, One Nation 19% and the rest exhausted, giving Labor its win.

    The third candidate on Labor’s Victorian Senate ticket was Michelle Ananda-Rajah, the former Labor member for Higgins before Higgins was abolished in a redistribution.

    Usually Labor only wins two Victorian senators with the Greens winning the third for the left. Ananda-Rajah would not have expected to be back in parliament, although in a different chamber.

    WA, Queensland and ACT Senate results

    The Western Australian Senate result is two Labor, two Liberals, one Green and one One Nation, a gain for One Nation from the Liberals. Final WA primary votes gave Labor 2.53 quotas, the Liberals 1.86, the Greens 0.90, One Nation 0.41, Legalise Cannabis 0.28, the Nationals 0.25 and Australian Christians 0.19.

    Until very late it had been expected that Labor would take the last seat instead of One Nation, but The Poll Bludger changed his model to give One Nation a slight lead owing to evidence of stronger Coalition flows to One Nation in other states.

    In Queensland, Labor won two seats, the Liberal National Party two, the Greens one and One Nation one. This was a gain for Labor from the LNP after Labor’s 2019 disaster, when they won just one Queensland senator.

    Final Queensland primary votes gave the LNP 2.17 quotas, Labor 2.13, the Greens 0.73, One Nation 0.50, Gerard Rennick 0.33, Trumpet of Patriots 0.26 and Legalise Cannabis 0.25.

    I will analyse the WA and Queensland preference distributions in a final Senate results wrap article that will be posted after the final state, New South Wales, has its button pressed. Labor is expected to gain a seat in NSW from the Coalition.

    Left-wing independent David Pocock and Labor were both re-elected in the ACT, with no change since 2022. Final primary votes were 1.17 quotas for Pocock, 0.95 Labor, 0.53 for the Liberals (just 17.8%) and 0.23 for the Greens. Labor crossed quota on the exclusion of second Pocock candidate with the Liberals and Greens still remaining.

    Labor’s national two party vote up to a 55.6–44.4 lead

    On May 5, two days after the election, I explained that we needed to wait for “non-classic” seats to have a special two-party count undertaken between the Labor and Coalition candidates. Non-classic seats are seats where the final two were not Labor and Coalition candidates.

    With the major party national primary votes so low at this election, 35 of the 150 House of Representatives seats were non-classics. Before the two-party counts in these seats started, The Poll Bludger’s national two-party estimate gave Labor a 54.6–45.4 margin and the ABC a 55.0–45.0 margin.

    This week the electoral commission has been counting the Labor vs Coalition two-party votes in the non-classic seats, and Labor currently leads by 55.6–44.4. The national two-party vote is still incomplete, but the large majority of non-classic seats have now had a two-party count undertaken.

    The remaining non-classic seats that are either uncounted or partially counted to two-party are favourable to the Coalition, so Labor will drop back a little, but will still win the national two party vote by about 55.4–44.6.

    Labor’s biggest wins on a Labor vs Coalition basis are seats where Labor and the Greens made the final two. For example in Wills, Labor defeated the Greens by 51.4–48.6, but the two-party count gives Labor a massive 80.9–19.1 win over the Liberals. Swings to Labor in non-classic seats have been bigger than swings in classic seats, so Labor’s two-party vote has increased.

    Labor’s big two-party win makes the pre-election polls look worse than they did on election night. Here’s the poll graph I was posting in all my pre-election articles updated with the estimated final two-party margin.

    Only one national poll was accurate: the Morgan poll published two weeks before the election that gave Labor a 55.5–44.5 lead. It’s a shame for Morgan that their final two polls “herded” back to a consensus that was wrong. I will have a full review of the federal polls once all results are finalised.

    Recounts in Bradfield and Goldstein

    A full recount is in progress in Liberal-held Bradfield, where the Liberal was ahead of Teal Nicolette Boele by eight votes after distribution of preferences. Four days into the recount, the Liberal leads by just five votes.

    A partial recount in Goldstein of the primary votes for Liberal Tim Wilson and Teal incumbent Zoe Daniel is also underway after Wilson led by 260 votes after distribution of preferences. Two days into this recount, Wilson leads by 259 votes and will win unless large errors are found that favour Daniel when corrected.

    Adrian Beaumont does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

    – ref. Labor gains Senate seats in Victoria and Queensland, and surges to a national 55.6–44.4 two-party margin – https://theconversation.com/labor-gains-senate-seats-in-victoria-and-queensland-and-surges-to-a-national-55-6-44-4-two-party-margin-257714

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  • MIL-OSI: Mavenir Collaboration with Three UK and Red Hat Doubles Glasgow 5G Speeds in UK-First Open RAN Small Cells Roll-Out

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    • Mavenir Open vRAN and O-RAN compliant small cells central to success of Three UK’s Glasgow City Centre roll-out – boosting coverage and capacity across a high-demand, dense urban environment
    • Landmark trial demonstrates the benefit of deploying Open RAN small cells alongside existing macro networks to solve blackspot issues

    GLASGOW, Scotland, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider, working in collaboration with operator Three UK and the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, Red Hat, has successfully demonstrated the performance benefits of 5G non-standalone O-RAN compliant small cells in Glasgow City Centre – doubling 5G speeds at peak times.

    This milestone UK-first trial of Open RAN in a dense urban environment also marks the first live deployment of O-RAN compliant small cells working alongside legacy macro cells from traditional vendors in this environment – driving a significant reduction in traffic congestion by delivering high-quality coverage and additional capacity. During the initial phase of the trial, both 4G and 5G speeds doubled during the busiest times of the day, with Three UK’s 5G speeds reaching an impressive 520Mbps across the trial area. The capacity boost also cascaded into further performance and user experience improvements in surrounding sites.

    Following the successful trial of 18 live sites in Glasgow City Centre, the project will now move into its final deployment phase, bringing the total number of Open RAN small cell sites to 34.

    Mavenir’s roll-out of a small cell densification layer for Three UK is being delivered as part of the SCONDA (Small Cells O-RAN in Dense Areas) project – a key connectivity initiative backed by the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The project represents a significant step forward for Open RAN in the UK by trialing – for the first time – the integration of a full decentralized Open RAN architecture with existing traditional infrastructure into a high traffic, high footfall city setting.

    Mavenir is delivering a full 4G and 5G O-RAN solution, including its OpenBeam small cell radios running on Red Hat OpenShift, the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes. Mavenir 4G and 5G small cell radios are being deployed on lamp posts across Glasgow to offload macro traffic and enable automation of network performance within a challenging multi-vendor, multi-technology radio environment. Three UK is leveraging Red Hat OpenShift to build and deliver the Open vRAN network, integrated into the existing 4G core of Three UK, and operating alongside the operator’s traditional RAN.

    Brandon Larson, SVP, Cloud and AI at Mavenir, said: “This network densification project proves that the Open RAN layer built by Mavenir can efficiently and effectively meet the needs of Three UK and its customers in one of the busiest cities in the UK. Our solution has delivered a 2x improvement in 5G speeds, a measurable uplift in capacity, and handover of customer traffic has been outstanding. This powerfully demonstrates that Open RAN can be fully integrated alongside traditional vendors – a breakthrough that will get the attention of radio network design teams around the world for the cost savings and flexibility it offers.”

    Iain Milligan, Chief Network Officer at Three UK said: “Mavenir and Red Hat have been exceptional partners on this groundbreaking project – the UK’s first Open RAN trial to tackle the real-world complexity of a dense urban environment. We have pushed the boundaries and proven that the Open RAN approach is a hugely valuable addition to network design and deployment.”

    He added: “Urban deployments bring a different level of technical and operational challenge compared to rural environments. We’ve had to navigate integration with legacy systems, security layers, and evolving software – all while delivering measurable improvements for customers. The trial results are encouraging and provide a strong foundation for further scaling and optimisation of Open RAN in cities.”

    Honoré LaBourdette, Vice President, Global Telco Ecosystem at Red Hat, said: “Red Hat and Mavenir share a commitment to delivering optimized Open RAN solutions for service providers to achieve improved network performance and unlock the next generation of 5G use cases. We are pleased to collaborate with Mavenir to implement an integrated 5G Standalone Open RAN solution, powered by Red Hat OpenShift, to help Three UK deliver enhanced customer experiences and streamline operations for the city of Glasgow.”

    With this latest deployment, Mavenir and Red Hat are continuing to offer carrier-grade telco cloud solutions to mobile network operators, leveraging a decade of well-established collaboration. Mavenir RAN workloads on Red Hat OpenShift offer an attractive value proposition for the mobile network operators.

    Key benefits delivered by Mavenir using Red Hat OpenShift include:

    • Full stack automation: Integration of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes with Mavenir’s Cloud-Native Automation provides full stack automation and streamlined day-1 and day-2 operational management.
    • Pre-integrated and pre-tested reference architectures: Red Hat and Mavenir help minimize complexity and reduce time spent on integration by providing a common, pre-integrated reference architecture.
    • Scalable design and faster time-to-market: Offering design flexibility to scale the architecture with Mavenir workloads on Red Hat OpenShift and leveraging additional tools for faster deployments.
    • Comprehensive Security Capabilities: Mavenir’s Open RAN solution on Red Hat OpenShift provides mobile networks with core platform security controls, including admission controllers, container isolation via Security Context Constraints (SCCs), runtime protection using kernel-level security modules (seccomp, SELinux), role-based access controls (RBAC) and network segmentation through CNI/OVN. These capabilities align with industry practices, enabling operators to implement hardened configurations for compliance objectives.

    Notes to editors

    The SCONDA project is a partnership with Three UK, Mavenir, AWTG, Freshwave, PI Works, the 5G Scotland Centre and Accenture, with the support of Glasgow City Council and funding from the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).

    Three UK doubles Glasgow city centre speeds with UK-first Open RAN roll-out

    About Three UK:

    Hutchison 3G UK Limited, trading as Three UK, is a British telecommunications company based in Reading, England. It is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings, a limited liability Cayman Islands company registered and listed in Hong Kong. Three is the fourth-largest mobile network operator in the United Kingdom, with about 10.9 million subscribers as of November 2024. For more information, please visit https://www.three.co.uk/

    About Mavenir:

    Mavenir is building the future of networks today with cloud-native, AI-enabled solutions which are green by design, empowering operators to realize the benefits of 5G and achieve intelligent, automated, programmable networks. As the pioneer of Open RAN and a proven industry disruptor, Mavenir’s award-winning solutions are delivering automation and monetization across mobile networks globally, accelerating software network transformation for 300+ Communications Service Providers in over 120 countries, which serve more than 50% of the world’s subscribers. For more information, please visit www.mavenir.com

    Red Hat, the Red Hat logo and OpenShift are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries.

    Mavenir PR Contact:
    Emmanuela Spiteri
    PR@mavenir.com

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  • Nepal takes game to new heights with T20 league

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    Glamorgan all-rounder Dan Douthwaite was not alone among the foreign players in being unsure what to expect when he headed to the Himalayas to take part in the inaugural Nepal Premier League (NPL) late last year.

    Taking up a playing contract in the mountainous nation of 30 million was always going to be a novel challenge for the Englishman, not least because the Twenty20 league was staged at a ground some 1,350 metres above sea level.

    “I thought I was going to be constantly out of breath or struggling, but it wasn’t actually as bad as I thought it was going to be,” the 28-year-old recalled of his time playing for the Kathmandu Gurkhas.

    “I think I noticed it more so with sixes. When they got the ball it absolutely went miles. A lot of balls … kept going and going and going.

    “When you think you’ve hit one straight up and it’s a 70-metre six.”

    Apart from the extra flight of the ball at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground near Kathmandu, Douthwaite’s other big takeaway from the experience was the enthusiasm of the Nepali fans.

    “Cricket in Nepal is probably like the Premier League in England … there’s a kind of almost Indian cricket feel about the way people appreciate and love the game,” he told Reuters.

    This was the third attempt by Nepal, which became an ICC associate member in 1996 and has qualified for the T20 World Cup twice, to follow in the path of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by launching its own Twenty20 league.

    The NPL hopes the passion of the fans, combined with the country’s unique geography and society, will carve out a niche in a landscape dominated by the likes of the IPL and Australia’s Big Bash League.

    “We’re rich in terms of nature,” said Sandesh Katwal, the chief executive of the Gurkhas, one of eight NPL franchises.

    “It’s a beautiful country and we’re a friendly, welcoming people. The weather, the hospitality suits international players.”

    Former England batting all-rounder and IPL veteran Ravi Bopara, who turned out for Chitwan Rhinos, said it was a great experience, even if he turned down the offer of a helicopter trip to Everest Base Camp.

    GROWING PAINS

    A modest budget meant the NPL could not attract the really big names in the sport.

    All eight NPL franchises fetched a combined price of under 169 million Nepali rupees ($1.23 million) at an auction held last September. Prize money for the champions, Janakpur Bolts, was around $81,000.

    By contrast, India’s Rishabh Pant, the highest-paid player in the IPL, commanded over $3 million in the league’s player auction for the 2025 edition.

    A rushed first season also made it difficult to recruit international players, Katwal said.

    “Everything happened within a one to two-month period … most international players were already occupied. Many didn’t know about this tournament,” he added.

    “Since Christmas was near, many overseas players were in a hurry to return. From the second season I think we can plan to start a bit earlier, October or November.”

    Nevertheless, the NPL proved to be an effective proving ground for Nepal’s domestic talent, Bopara said.

    “There was a group of players who were full of potential but lacked experience,” he added.

    Katwal said he hoped the NPL would provide that valuable competitive experience, as the IPL has done for young Indian talents.

    “It’s a dream come true for Nepali players … sharing practice sessions with the foreign players, they definitely learned a lot. We also had coaches from India, Sri Lanka, England and elsewhere,” he said.

    “Since the IPL has started, you can see young players getting opportunities and it has paid off. The NPL is also an opportunity for Nepali players, a starting point.”

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI Australia: Burnie man on firearms charge

    Source: New South Wales Community and Justice

    Burnie man on firearms charge

    Thursday, 29 May 2025 – 2:15 pm.

    A 64-year-old man has been arrested and remanded in custody after the discovery of illicit drugs and a homemade gun at a Burnie residence.
    The arrest follows the search of a property in the suburb of Romaine on Monday, where Tasmania Police allege a quantity of illicit substances and a homemade firearm were located.
    The Burnie man was taken into custody and has since been remanded to appear in court at a later date.
    Police remain committed to targeting the possession and distribution of illicit substances and unlawful firearms in the community.
    Anyone with information is urged to contact police on 131 444 or report anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000 or via the website at www.crimestopperstas.com.au

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Elders’ proposed acquisition of Delta raises concerns

    Source: Australian Ministers for Regional Development

    The ACCC has outlined its preliminary competition concerns with Elders Limited (Elders)’ (ASX:ELD) proposed acquisition of Delta Agribusiness (Delta) in a Statement of Issues published today.

    Elders and Delta supply rural merchandise such as agricultural chemicals, seed, fertiliser, animal health products and related services, such as agronomy services, through their retail networks. Both companies also supply rural merchandise to wholesale customers in Western Australia.

    “Competition in the supply of rural merchandise is critical to Australian farmers and our global competitiveness in agricultural products,” ACCC Deputy Chair Mick Keogh said.

    “We have preliminary concerns that the proposed acquisition may lead to higher prices or reduced quality in the supply of rural merchandise without an independent Delta competing with Elders following this proposed acquisition.”

    The ACCC is concerned that the proposed acquisition may reduce competition in the retail supply of rural merchandise in various local markets, and at a broader regional, state or national level.

    “Elders and Delta, through their networks of stores, are both significant retail suppliers of rural merchandise in Australia,” Mr Keogh said.

    The ACCC’s preliminary view is that the proposed acquisition is likely to substantially lessen competition in the retail supply of rural merchandise in certain local markets in the North-West Victoria, Northern Wheatbelt (WA), Central Wheatbelt (WA), Great Southern (WA) and Murray-Mallee (SA) regions. The ACCC is also exploring potential concerns in other local markets where both Delta and Elders have a retail presence, and at a broader geographic level.

    “We are continuing to investigate how closely Elders and Delta retail stores compete with each other, and the extent to which larger retail chains and smaller retailers (or smaller chains) are likely to compete with Elders if the proposed acquisition were to proceed,” Mr Keogh said.

    “A key issue we are testing is the extent to which having a chain of retail stores assists Delta to compete with Elders more effectively than smaller retailers, both in individual local markets, and across a broader geographic area,” Mr Keogh said.

    The ACCC is also considering whether the proposed acquisition would reduce competition at the wholesale level in Western Australia, or whether alternative suppliers would be able to compete with Elders effectively, should it acquire Delta. 

    The ACCC has not reached a concluded view on any of the issues outlined.

    The ACCC invites submissions in response to the Statement of Issues by 12 June 2025. Parties can contact the ACCC via mergers@accc.gov.au.

    More information including the Statement of Issues is available on the ACCC’s public register here: Elders Limited – Delta Agribusiness.

    Notes to editors

    ‘Agronomy services’ refer to advice provided to farmers by qualified individuals known as agronomists with specialised knowledge in soil and plant sciences. It encompasses a range of advice and services aimed at optimising crop production and farm management.

    Rural merchandise is an umbrella term for agricultural products purchased by farmers as inputs into operating a farm and includes agricultural chemicals, seed, fertiliser, animal health products and other miscellaneous merchandise. Some rural merchandise stores also offer agronomic advice.

    Background

    Elders is an ASX-listed (ASX:ELD) agribusiness. It supplies rural merchandise through its 245 Elders-owned retail stores across the country and also supplies independent stores via its national wholesale business, Australian Independent Rural Retailers (AIRR). Elders also provides agronomic services, livestock and wool agency, real estate, financial, and feed and processing services across Australia.

    Delta is an Australian retail supplier of a range of rural merchandise products and related services. Delta operates 64 retail stores, primarily in regional areas of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia, and also operates a wholesale business (Delta WA) in Western Australia. Delta also provides agronomic services, livestock agency, grain marketing, real estate and financial services.

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