{"id":10174,"date":"2016-10-27T10:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T09:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10174"},"modified":"2016-10-27T10:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T09:06:06","slug":"since-the-free-press-wont-ask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=10174","title":{"rendered":"Since The Free Press Won&#8217;t Ask&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the site yesterday, I produced a list of questions that the Scottish mainstream media might like to ask of past and current custodians over at Ibrox.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it was too much, too soon for them.<\/p>\n<p>So lets be a little more specific&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>First of all, click on this link, from companies house gov.uk, which concerns the Rangers FC Group, which is not to be confused with the Rangers International football club.<\/p>\n<p>Or is it ?<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s one of the questions, I suppose&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etims.net\/?attachment_id=10175\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10175\">filing-history<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who are they ?<\/p>\n<dl style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<dt>Registered office address<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"text data\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1 The Green, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1PL<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div class=\"grid-row\" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<dl class=\"column-two-thirds\">\n<dt>Company status<\/dt>\n<dd id=\"company-status\" class=\"text data\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Active<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row\" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<dl class=\"column-two-thirds\">\n<dt>Company type<\/dt>\n<dd id=\"company-type\" class=\"text data\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Private limited Company<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"column-third\">\n<dt id=\"company-birth-type\">Incorporated on<\/dt>\n<dd id=\"company-creation-date\" class=\"data\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">17 September 2010<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-row\" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<div class=\"column-half\">\n<div class=\"help-notice overdue\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #b10e1e;\">Accounts overdue<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>First accounts made up to\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">30 April 2011<\/strong><br \/>\ndue by\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">16 April 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column-half\">\n<h2 class=\"heading-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Confirmation statement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Next statement date\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">17 September 2017<\/strong><br \/>\ndue by\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">1 October 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last statement dated\u00a0<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">17 September 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"sic-title\" class=\"heading-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\">Nature of business (SIC)<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<li><span id=\"sic0\">70100 &#8211; Activities of head offices<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"header\" class=\"heading-medium\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\">Previous company names<\/h2>\n<table id=\"previousNameTable\" class=\"full-width-table\" style=\"color: #0b0c0c;\">\n<caption class=\"visuallyhidden\">Previous company names<\/caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\">Name<\/th>\n<th style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\">Period<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"previous-name-1\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0b0c0c;\">WAVETOWER LIMITED<\/td>\n<td id=\"previous-date-1\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0b0c0c;\">17 Sep 2010 &#8211; 12 May 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are aware of who Wavetower are, or were&#8230;aren&#8217;t we ?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/79157000\/jpg\/_79157426_78985732.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for craig whyte\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another name on the list of directors, although listed as Active, where Whyte is listed as having resigned in April 2014, is Richard James Spurway, who also happens to be a director of a few other rather familiar sounding companies&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"company-name-1\" class=\"heading-medium heading-with-border\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\"><a style=\"color: #2e8aca;\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/05831290\">LIBERTY CORPORATE LTD (05831290)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"company-name-2\" class=\"heading-medium heading-with-border\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\"><a style=\"color: #2e8aca;\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/08440073\">LAW FINANCIAL LIMITED (08440073)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"company-name-8\" class=\"heading-medium heading-with-border\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\"><a style=\"color: #2e8aca;\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/06146939\">WORTHINGTON PRINCIPAL EMPLOYER LIMITED (06146939)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"company-name-10\" class=\"heading-medium heading-with-border\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0b0c0c;\"><a style=\"color: #2e8aca;\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.companieshouse.gov.uk\/company\/00527186\">WORTHINGTON GROUP PLC (00527186)<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A coincidence , I&#8217;m sure..<\/p>\n<p>Liberty Corporate and Law Financial are also listed as directors of the Rangers Group. Nothing wrong with any of that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What is interesting is the filing history, especially on the 13 October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Which throw up a whole basket of questions to be asked of the basket of assets..<\/p>\n<p>So, click on the link, click on filing history, click on the 29 page pdf submitted and the first page will appear.<\/p>\n<p>The one that gives a brief summary..<\/p>\n<p>Law Financial, and their &#8220;floating charge&#8221;, which &#8220;covers all the property or undertakings of the company &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What then follows is a Debenture betwen Law Financial and The Rangers Group in relation to a \u00a320,000,000 secured loan.<\/p>\n<p>In it are contained a few things that need to be explained so that we can all drop this same club\/different company malarkey, and get to the bottom of who owns ibrox, and who is responsible for the repairs which are apparently needed to make it safe.<\/p>\n<p>That is my main concern here, as no public assurances have been made as to the safety of Ibrox Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>You see, I have absolutely no idea what any of this means, which is why our press, those who are paid to look into this sort of thing, and either reassure or condemn on the basis of their findings , and clarify what is meant by such terms as<\/p>\n<p>Nature of Security over Real Property ( p.3, 1.4 )<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>(p,4, 3.1 )<\/p>\n<p>Security Trusteeship.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t figure out who owns Ibrox, and therefore cannot work out who is responsible for the maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>Who is the Security Trustee ?<\/p>\n<p>Who are the &#8220;Receivers &#8220;?<\/p>\n<p>Which of them has to get the builders in ? If, indeed, they are needed.<\/p>\n<p>Because over on page 26, we have..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Cvtj-yVXYAEIA0b.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A receiver &#8220;may &#8221; undertake repairs.<\/p>\n<p>Not must undertake them, not even a note about keeping within any necessary health and safety rules.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps I&#8217;m worrying over nothing, and if so, thats a relief.<\/p>\n<p>Though I&#8217;d feel much better if those who do know the answers were being asked the relvant questions, and I&#8217;d feel even better if someone publicly said something like it&#8217;s our ground, and it&#8217;s our responsibility to make sure its in order.<\/p>\n<p>All of the information contained within this article is available on the Companies house website.<\/p>\n<p>Surely I can&#8217;t be the only one who has noticed it ?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the site yesterday, I produced a list of questions that the Scottish mainstream media might like to ask of past and current custodians over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":10177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/etims.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maxresdefault-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2J7If-2E6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10174"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10174"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10180,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10174\/revisions\/10180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etims.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}