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CHARLIE CHARLIE, SAUSAGE AND CHIPS – WATCH OUT BRITISH STEEL WORKERS!

I’ve just read Henry Tapper’s blog and Frank Field’s letter to Clive Howells of Celtic Wealth Management.

What struck me about Henry’s blog was that he has summarised a new version of the same old, same old situation we’ve seen many times before over the past few years. A cosy and stinky relationship between the introducer, the adviser, the transfer administrator, and the fund manager.

What then struck me about Frank Field’s letter to Clive Howells of Celtic Wealth Management (the “introducer” who has been stalking the beleaguered British Steelworkers) was that Frank is a good sort – and I’d like to buy him lunch (although it won’t be sausages and chips!).

It is clear from what Henry has written, that the British Steelworkers have been in danger of having their pensions invested in a load of complicated and expensive crap by advisory firm Active Wealth UK Ltd:

Vega Algorithms AWGO – Ultra-Conservative portfolio
5Alpha conservative UCITS managed by Newscape Capital Group
Gallium Fund Solutions Ltd

And, indeed, it looks like at least 100 victims have, sadly, already been successfully transferred into the scheme.

I don’t like the look of Newscape Capital because it runs the risk of harbouring investment scammers. An example of this is the Nascent Fund which facilitated XXXX XXXX’s Trafalgar Multi-Asset Fund investment scam. Henry has eloquently outlined the inherent risks in these three entities as well as the introducer/adviser. So, I won’t add to his already detailed summary.

But let us have a closer look at Frank Field’s letter to Clive Howells of Celtic Wealth Management:

I would be grateful if you could assist our ongoing work on the British Steel Pension Scheme by answering the following questions:

What is the a) highest and b) average fee that you have received in respect of BSPS clients?
What proportion of the fees you received were paid a) directly by clients; b) by IFAs or other companies?
How many payments did you make to individuals to reward them for recommending your service to clients?
What benefits do unregulated introducers bring to clients other than sausage and chips?

And herein lies the problem: the scourge of the “introducer”. The ordinary man in the street (or steelworks) doesn’t know the difference between an introducer and an adviser. We’ve seen many instances of individuals and firms acting as introducers for rogue advisers: Viva Costa International for Gerard Associates in Stephen Ward’s London Quantum scam; Continental Wealth Management for Stephen Ward’s Evergreen QROPS/Marazion loans scam; Jackson Francis in XXXX XXXX’s Trafalgar Multi-Asset scam; Phillip Nunn’s Nunn McCreesh firm which lured thousands to financial ruin in the Capita Oak, Henley and multiple SIPPS scams.

History tells us that in many cases these individuals and firms are simply parasites and pimps who prey on vulnerable people. Indeed, Clive Howells used to run Bespoke Pensions in a scheme that saw victims’ pensions being invested in illiquid, speculative, high-risk crap such as The Resort Group’s Cape Verde holiday properties.

Bespoke Pension Services was an unregulated firm and their address was a virtual office. According to their published accounts the firm was insolvent at the time they were trying to get people to transfer their pensions into schemes which invested in unsuitable assets. The two directors/shareholders – Mark Anthony Miserotti and Clive John Howells – had between them (reportedly) an impressive portfolio of investment, consultancy, property development, investment and financial planning companies – one of which was called “Fortaleza Investments” (suggesting something Brazilian).

The Royal London v Donna Marie Hughes case should ring alarm bells straight away with Clive Howells. As should the accusations of sexual assault made against him in 2004. A police officer testified that Howells had groped her bottom and breasts, as well as trying to force his tongue into her mouth. Howells denied the charges – although he did, apparently, admit to snogging the young WPC. At the time of the alleged attack, Howells was a Superintendent with the Welsh Police. And married.

In the words of Lewis Carroll:

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!”

to which I will add a little verse of my own:

“Beware the introducer, my man

The silver tongue, the patter slick

Beware the likes of Howells if you can

The frumious, bandersnatch, jubjub dick!”

My sincere congratulations and thanks for the sterling work done by Henry Tapper, Darren Cooke and Al Rush to help protect the British steelworkers from the likes of Clive Howells. And a merry xmas to all – especially Frank Field!

Stanley Embling

December 22, 2017 at 9:54 am

In 1992/3 Frank Fields was chair of an Home affairs committee overseeing claw-back of Compensation Payments [The Unit for doing such was call the “Compensation Recovery Unit”] I got involved supplied evidence as a victim seeking compensation after suffering severe injury 23/04/1990 (which I discovered only in 2001 never got reported to the HSE) However in 1995 a settlement was enforced om me by blackmail of my then Trade Union The GMBTu.. aided by the duplicity and complicity of the GMB Tu Solicitors Huntsmans of Nottingham (alleged to have been handling my case as I was led to believe would amount to circa £200,000,) instead they “enforced me by blackmail and threats to take the minimal amount of £2,500..otherwise if I didn’t agree the GMBTu would withdraw the funding I paid for over 30yrs as a T-U Member and I would be left to fund whatever was then owed to the Solicitors…In 1998 after “Blackmailing and Threatening me! and enforcing such an insulting settlements on me; I discover that the person handling my case from 1990 was NOT a solicitor only a Legal Adviser……
Then to top that the £140 “Reduced Earing’s Allowance” (also called Special Hardship Allowance,) I’d been receiving from being injured/disabled, it also got stopped when I got to the age of 65; yet from from Law Books from Readers Digest [You and Your Rights,]They claimed I should have continued to receive that £140 (Special Hardship Allowance, increasing with COl ) continually after my normal Retirement Age of 65…..
.That “Claw Back” left myself and good wife to struggle by all these years thereafter ; yet when sending Frank Fields ( Chair of the House of Commons Claw-Back select Committee) also all of his committee details I pointed out how such a “Claw-Back Scheme” would be left wide open to Abuse by Employers and their Lawyers representing them!!…But Clearly my fears fell on deaf hears; as such that £140 paid as Special Hardship Allowance (or Reduced Earnings Allowance,) should have also been make -up -pay to help compensate me for Loss of similar amounts that should have made-up my losses of my British Steel Company Pensions (possibly many other other injured/disabled B-Steel Employees….
Due to the fact my fears were ignored by Frank Fields MP and his “Claw-Back” committee; leaving myself and good wife remain being robbed and plundered to this day of our rightful B-Steel Company Pension as do many other such Victims /Family I known……
Please can You Help Explain why such fraudulently concealed “dishonest dealings” also “Miscarriages of Justice is being allowed to operate whilst cloaked against us many Victims please..??? PS Please see “Victims Unite” Stanley Embling, Case No 10 ….Contact me on my email if you care to do so please….Thank you

CHARLIE CHARLIE, SAUSAGE AND CHIPS – WATCH OUT BRITISH STEEL WORKERS!