Consumer Advice UK has closed
Consumer Advice UK was a trading style of 7 Marketing which has also closed.
I became suspicious of Consumer Advice UK towards the end of 2009 when certain things they were saying to me didn’t quite add up.
Point in case: - I was contacted on 22 November 2009 by a representative of Consumer Advice UK saying that the Supreme Court had ruled favourably for consumers regarding excessive bank fees and that if I paid £100 now they would be able to claim back on all these fees for me. This was the RED FLAG for me - I knew that the ruling wasn’t due until the Friday.
This led me to do some research on this company and its directors.
Originally Consumer Advice UK was acting as a call centre for Blue Sky Financial Claims based at Lancashire House, 24 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3JJ. Tel: 08000 11 11 02
Blue Sky was the processing company for the PPI Claims. However, I was told that Consumer Advice UK saw an opportunity to do the processing themselves, breaking away from Blue Sky and souring relations with them. This led to the website of Consumer Advice UK being suspended by Blue Sky who owned the rights to the website.
Consumer Advice UK then worked with Chatwins Solicitors (01792 224 060) who would make legal representation on behalf of Consumer Advice UK clients. I recently contacted Chatwins Solicitors (Alison Daniel) and I was advised that Consumer Advice UK is no longer on their panel of referrals.
I understand that many people have paid large sums of money to Consumer Advice UK in order to claim PPI back from credit lenders. I would therefore recommend that you contact Chatwins to establish whether you are on their database. If so they may be able to act directly on your behalf.
Unfortunately I was not on their database, contrary to what I had been told by Consumer Advice UK.
The Directors of Consumer Advice UK are / were:
Mark Peter Hartson Tel: 01792 465 300
07879 415 527
Stephen Mark Davies Tel: 07545 787 204
Neil Andrew Mainwaring
Robert Cooke
Peter Stephen George
Stephen John George
Joanne Hartson
Dave Hargreaves – Chairman of Consumer Advice UK
Other addresses / businesses where these individuals can be reached are: -
“No Sign Bar” based at 56 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1EG
Rabaiotti’s Chip Shop – 7 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1AD
7 Financial Services – The Exchange Buildings, Adelaide Street, Swansea, SA1 1SE (or SA1 1SH)
Meridian Bay Ltd – Apartment 71, Meridian Bay, Trawler Road, Swansea, SA1 1PL
Unfortunately I do not have all the personal contact details etc for all these individuals as yet, but I will publish as soon as I receive them.
Other businesses that all or some of these individuals are involved in are as follows: -
7 Leisure (Wales) Ltd – is currently in administration
1 Leisure UK Ltd
2 Leisure UK Ltd
7 Leisure (2007) - Dormant
8 Leisure UK Ltd
Meridian Bay Ltd
The maze of appointments and resignations by these directors within these companies is suspicious and would lead me to believe that there is a deliberate tactic to confuse, mislead and deceive.
1 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
2 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
12-Nov-09 Mark Hartson Terminated
12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
07-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed
7 Leisure (Wales) is in administration
Mark Hartson
Robert Cooke
Neil Mainwaring
7 Leisure (2007) Ltd (Dormant)
08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
08-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
23-Sep-09 Stephen John George Terminated
18-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
18-Jan-10 Robert Cooke Terminated
18-Jan-10 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
7 Marketing Ltd
25-Jul-08 Mark Hartson Terminated
25-Jul-08 Robert Cooke Terminated
01-Aug-08 Peter Stephen George Appointed
30-Mar-09 Mark Hartson Appointed
30-Mar-09 Robert Cooke Appointed
30-Mar-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Neil Mainwaring Appointed
18-Sep-09 Peter George Terminated
12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
12-Nov-09 Unknown Terminated
7 Financial Services Ltd
08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
08-Jun-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
8 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
11-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
Meridian Bay
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
10-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
18-Sep-09 Mark Hartson Terminated
18-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
18-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
18-Sep-09 Stephen Davies Terminated
In closing I would like to remind everybody that Consumer Advice UK was registered with the Ministry of Justice, Claims Management Regulation, Registration Number CRM 11995. I would encourage you to contact the Ministry of Justice and report your experience of Consumer Advice UK to them.
Claims Management Regulation
Monitoring and Compliance Unit
57 – 60 High Street
Burton–upon–Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1JS
Telephone: 0845 450 6858 / 01283 233309
Fax: 0845 450 6866 / 01283 233335
I would also encourage you to contact Sion Morgan of the South West Wales Evening Post who ran an article as recently as 15 January 2010 on Mark Hartson. Given the nature of the article and the facts as they have really unfolded I feel Ms Morgan with a little investigative journalism may have a much bigger story to tell next time
South Wales Evening Post
Adelaide Street
Swansea
SA1 1QT
News Desk: Tel 01792 514 606
Consumer Advice UK was a trading style of 7 Marketing which has also closed.
I became suspicious of Consumer Advice UK towards the end of 2009 when certain things they were saying to me didn’t quite add up.
Point in case: - I was contacted on 22 November 2009 by a representative of Consumer Advice UK saying that the Supreme Court had ruled favourably for consumers regarding excessive bank fees and that if I paid £100 now they would be able to claim back on all these fees for me. This was the RED FLAG for me - I knew that the ruling wasn’t due until the Friday.
This led me to do some research on this company and its directors.
Originally Consumer Advice UK was acting as a call centre for Blue Sky Financial Claims based at Lancashire House, 24 Winckley Square, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3JJ. Tel: 08000 11 11 02
Blue Sky was the processing company for the PPI Claims. However, I was told that Consumer Advice UK saw an opportunity to do the processing themselves, breaking away from Blue Sky and souring relations with them. This led to the website of Consumer Advice UK being suspended by Blue Sky who owned the rights to the website.
Consumer Advice UK then worked with Chatwins Solicitors (01792 224 060) who would make legal representation on behalf of Consumer Advice UK clients. I recently contacted Chatwins Solicitors (Alison Daniel) and I was advised that Consumer Advice UK is no longer on their panel of referrals.
I understand that many people have paid large sums of money to Consumer Advice UK in order to claim PPI back from credit lenders. I would therefore recommend that you contact Chatwins to establish whether you are on their database. If so they may be able to act directly on your behalf.
Unfortunately I was not on their database, contrary to what I had been told by Consumer Advice UK.
The Directors of Consumer Advice UK are / were:
Mark Peter Hartson Tel: 01792 465 300
07879 415 527
Stephen Mark Davies Tel: 07545 787 204
Neil Andrew Mainwaring
Robert Cooke
Peter Stephen George
Stephen John George
Joanne Hartson
Dave Hargreaves – Chairman of Consumer Advice UK
Other addresses / businesses where these individuals can be reached are: -
“No Sign Bar” based at 56 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1EG
Rabaiotti’s Chip Shop – 7 Wind Street, Swansea, SA1 1AD
7 Financial Services – The Exchange Buildings, Adelaide Street, Swansea, SA1 1SE (or SA1 1SH)
Meridian Bay Ltd – Apartment 71, Meridian Bay, Trawler Road, Swansea, SA1 1PL
Unfortunately I do not have all the personal contact details etc for all these individuals as yet, but I will publish as soon as I receive them.
Other businesses that all or some of these individuals are involved in are as follows: -
7 Leisure (Wales) Ltd – is currently in administration
1 Leisure UK Ltd
2 Leisure UK Ltd
7 Leisure (2007) - Dormant
8 Leisure UK Ltd
Meridian Bay Ltd
The maze of appointments and resignations by these directors within these companies is suspicious and would lead me to believe that there is a deliberate tactic to confuse, mislead and deceive.
1 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
2 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
12-Nov-09 Mark Hartson Terminated
12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
07-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed
7 Leisure (Wales) is in administration
Mark Hartson
Robert Cooke
Neil Mainwaring
7 Leisure (2007) Ltd (Dormant)
08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
08-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
23-Sep-09 Stephen John George Terminated
18-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
18-Jan-10 Robert Cooke Terminated
18-Jan-10 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
7 Marketing Ltd
25-Jul-08 Mark Hartson Terminated
25-Jul-08 Robert Cooke Terminated
01-Aug-08 Peter Stephen George Appointed
30-Mar-09 Mark Hartson Appointed
30-Mar-09 Robert Cooke Appointed
30-Mar-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Neil Mainwaring Appointed
18-Sep-09 Peter George Terminated
12-Nov-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
12-Nov-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
12-Nov-09 Unknown Terminated
7 Financial Services Ltd
08-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
08-Jun-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
8 Leisure UK Ltd
04-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
25-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
25-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
11-Jan-10 Joanne Hartson Appointed
13-Jan-10 Mark Hartson Terminated
Meridian Bay
04-Jun-09 Stephen John George Appointed
10-Jun-09 Stephen Davies Appointed
18-Sep-09 Mark Hartson Terminated
18-Sep-09 Robert Cooke Terminated
18-Sep-09 Neil Mainwaring Terminated
18-Sep-09 Stephen Davies Terminated
In closing I would like to remind everybody that Consumer Advice UK was registered with the Ministry of Justice, Claims Management Regulation, Registration Number CRM 11995. I would encourage you to contact the Ministry of Justice and report your experience of Consumer Advice UK to them.
Claims Management Regulation
Monitoring and Compliance Unit
57 – 60 High Street
Burton–upon–Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 1JS
Telephone: 0845 450 6858 / 01283 233309
Fax: 0845 450 6866 / 01283 233335
I would also encourage you to contact Sion Morgan of the South West Wales Evening Post who ran an article as recently as 15 January 2010 on Mark Hartson. Given the nature of the article and the facts as they have really unfolded I feel Ms Morgan with a little investigative journalism may have a much bigger story to tell next time
South Wales Evening Post
Adelaide Street
Swansea
SA1 1QT
News Desk: Tel 01792 514 606