Up to 1.1 Billion in Government PPE Contracts Awarded to Firms Linked More than 20 companies with links to an evangelical Christian sect have been awarded central and local government contracts for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) worth up to 1.1 billion since March, an investigation by Byline Times and The Citizens has found. A related company has featured in a UK High Court case this month in a dispute over working conditions in a supplier's lab. Unispace Global Health is a subsidiary of Unispace a global commercial interior design firm. UBT is listed on the Brethren website as part of its network. However, a local source says it was snapped up a day before the planned auction, and the mystery buyer was kept a tightly guarded secret until it settled to Hales this week with no finance required. The Government has made full use of this slipstream shelling out billions to the private sector in just a few months.Not all the contracts stand up to scrutiny.Unispace and the Department of Health and Social Care have been approached for comment. A Richard Allen Blackledge and a Robert Blackledge are listed as being associated with both Arrow County Supplies, and the gospel hall trust.
Government Awards 240 Million PPE Deal to Firm Linked to Religious UNISPACE PROPERTIES LTD (10885988) Company status Active Correspondence address Trident Works, Mulberry Way, Belvedere, England, DA17 6AN Role Active Director Appointed on 27 July 2017. Can you share with us who's joining the company? If an individual church member decided to back a particular party, candidate or cause, thats a matter for them.
Unispace | Founders Q&A Gareth Hales, Global CEO, said: As part of our commitment to focus on international growth, I am excited to announce an addition to our global team with the appointment of Anthony, and a strong new recruit in the form of Lawrence to Unispace in EMEA. Another firm, Acopia Group, won a contract from County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust for the supply of PPE, worth 249,000. Byline Times is funded by its subscribers.
Of course, there is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of these companies.
Unispace Names New CEO, Chief Revenue Officer as Firm Eyes Growth and But beyond the current pandemic, there may in fact be a stronger emphasis on the office as a gathering place to do business and a greater recognition of the intrinsic emotional benefits of face-to-face connectivity. Any contractual agreements between the Government and these independent businesses are totally unrelated to the church.. While most design and build firms focus heavily on either architecture or construction, Unispace is unique in how it excels in not only these areas but also in workplace strategy a discipline that is even more relevant now in a COVID and post-COVID environment, Casolo said. This week, the Government further announced a deal worth 113.95 million handed to Unispace Global Health for the provision of face masks on 26 April. If an individual church member decided to back a particular party, candidate or cause, thats a matter for them.Like any other religious group or church, many of our members run their own businesses, and these organisations are completely separate from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. In 2017, after a concerted 2 million campaign, the Charity Commission agreed to overturn an earlier decision to refuse the Brethren charitable status.Conservative MP Peter Bone supported the churchs position and even tabled a motion in Parliament aimed at amending the Charities Act to restore the presumption that all religious groups are for the public benefit and therefore can be charities. This deal was brokered by a Government advisor, yet evidence obtained by the Good Law Project suggests that none of the masks have yet been deployed in the NHS. Our church is politically neutral and as a church we have never donated to, or campaigned for, political parties. Arrow County Supplies has been approached for comment. According to The Times, more than 1,000 UK businesses run by the Brethren turn over 2 billion a year, while UK Brethren charities achieved revenues of 138 million in 2013 alone. Obviously, we already have a strong presence there, with eight studios from Boston to Los Angeles, and weve done very well in the States. That means going after strategic opportunities like mergers and acquisitions, new service offerings, and new geographies all to help us grow and enter new markets. Ascot Signs has been approached for comment. We have to get a hatred, an utter hatred of the world, world leader Bruce Hales said in 2006. In 2013 Lawrence started his own project management practice, competing with multi-nationals to secure stand out industry engagements. Were working to restore it. The Hales family have a well-documented penchant for high-end real estate.
Exclusive Brethren family pay $9.5 million for Dural 'weekender' Portrait of Exclusive Brethren members Daniel Hales (left) and Athol Greene (right) at a home in Epping. They sold Unispace after the contracts were won and it appears that the contracts then switched to Sante Global. In late April, the DHSC awarded a contract worth 2.3 million for the supply of face visors to Ascot Signs, another firm potentially linked to the Brethren. Total Protection has been approached for comment. The company is seemingly run by the Parsons family: Garth, Matthew, and Ryan. Gareth Hales, Global CEO, said: "As part of our commitment to focus on international growth, I am excited to announce an addition to our global team with the appointment of Anthony, and a strong new recruit in the form of Lawrence to Unispace in EMEA. Between mid-May and late June, a decontamination company called Inivos Limited was awarded three contracts by the DHSC for the supply of face masks and gowns, worth 126.5 million. authenticate users, apply security measures, and prevent spam and abuse, and, display personalised ads and content based on interest profiles, measure the effectiveness of personalised ads and content, and, develop and improve our products and services. We, Yahoo, are part of the Yahoo family of brands. Gareth Hales said the decision to appoint new global leaders was in line with a long-term strategy to ensure Unispace's ongoing success. Last year he and his brother Charles sold their office design firm Unispace for $300 million to investment firm PAG Asia Capital. If you do not want us and our partners to use cookies and personal data for these additional purposes, click 'Reject all'. A related company has featured in a UK High Court case this month in a dispute over working conditions in a supplier's lab. The former is Unispace Global Director and the latter is CEO. Brothers Charles and Gareth Hales have sold out of Unispace, the office design firm they founded 11 years ago, after completing the $300-million sale of the company to PAG Asia Capital. Filmmaker Martin Brown is selling his Forest Lodge home of the past 30 years. Inscape HQ is located across 3 . We also introduce new voices of colour in Our Lives Matter. Sources said the company had $40 million to $50 million annual earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, and was likely to be worth about $400 million based on similar transactions. CMT Equipment has been approached for comment. Inivos is run by five members of the Fentiman family, including Warrick Fentiman, who was described by a witness in a court hearing as being well respected within the PBCC (Plymouth Brethren Christian Church) community. Today, the business continues to lead the way with more than 5,500 workplace projects completed, presence across 25 countries, and 600+ employees worldwide. While this contract was being delivered, the company was also awarded a 103.7 million contract for the supply of examination gloves.
Unispace appoints new leaders to grapple with the impact of COVID-19 on Unispace is global by nature and has exceptional energy within its leadership, but I am mainly excited for this opportunity because of the disruptive business model that is core to their approach to service delivery.
Exclusive Brethren family pay $9.5 million for Dural 'weekender' Latest Activity. Whats more, a Nick Walker is listed as a trustee at the Knockloughrim school, alongside Parsons and White. Hales, head of global specialist sourcing and supply company Sante Group, looks to be cashed-up for the purchase. Brendan has also worked with RC Interiors from November 1995 to January 2002 as a Project Manager and Fleetwood Engineering from January 2002 to November 2010 as a Project Manager. Many of these deals have been awarded to firms with questionable records in both business and healthcare. Unispace anticipates that approximately 20-30 percent less office space would be needed by many occupiers when the worst of the pandemic is over, leaving companies to face tough decisions. The fundamentalist church rebranded the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church a decade ago features a controversial doctrine of separation whereby members are discouraged from forming friendships with outsiders, and encouraged to keep business dealings with worldy non-Brethren people to a minimum or risk excommunication. The Williamsons beachfront home is a near neighbour to a beachfront shack that was purchased by Gina Rinehart in March for $9.75 million from Therese Rein, the recruitment entrepreneur married to one Kevin Rudd.
Gareth Hales - Chief Executive Officer - Sant Group | LinkedIn Like any other religious group or church, many of our members run their own businesses, and these organisations are completely separate from the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church. Gareth & Charles are the main shareholders in Sante Global. It is understood the private equity interest has sparked some curiosity among Unispace's tight-knit shareholder base, however the company is yet to be formally put up for sale. Gareth Hales sold the office design firm Unispace last year for $300 million. Unispace is only going to get stronger.
Senior appointments within EMEA leadership team. The two-hectare property comes with resort-style facilities including a pool, tennis court and golf range.Credit:Domain. This solutions-based, full-service approach to clients is in such demand with occupiers looking to reconfigure their spaces in the aftermath of the pandemic. Specialising in safety products, including PPE, the firm has received these contracts from local administrations Norfolk (two contracts), Doncaster, Redcar and Cleveland, Norfolk, and Leeds rather than central government. Cashed up private equity tyrekickers have found a new target. Gareth started his career in the commercial real estate industry in 1995, where he developed a solid on-the-job foundation of business acumen.
PAG completes takeover of design firm Unispace Charles Hales is a Regional Manager, Systems at Unispace based in Sydney, New South Wales. SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unispace, a global leader in workspace strategy, design and construction, is pleased to announce the appointments of a new global chief. Since its inception in 2010, Unispace has been at the vanguard of an integrated approach to office strategy, design and construction, growing the business to a global enterprise with over 600 people and 48 locations in 27 cities. Aside from his business interests, Australian Gareth Hales also has religious commitments, as the son of Exclusive Brethren world leader Bruce Hales. Company Website. Carlos Prisgrove says on his LinkedIn page that he was educated at Eastbrook Education, otherwise known as Brethren-run Focus School, Gloucester Campus. The company, now run by the sister of a Conservative lord, has been granted an initial 3 million deal to help to deliver online COVID-19 communications. We are delighted to announce the appointment of As our European region continues to grow, we wish to With the opening of two new studios in Singapore and Preconstruction + Construction Technology, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, Anthony Dickens joins our Melbourne team as Design Principal, Building upon success: our growth in Europe. In July, brother Dean Hales smashed the Epping house price record when he bought a 1980s mansion on acreage for $7.5 million, again with no mortgage required.
Unispace Names New CEO, Chief Revenue Officer as Firm Eyes Hail the Hales - Unispace the PPE big winners, Covid-19 DHSC The name of the group stems from the idea of separation: that Brethren members should avoid contact with non-Brethren as much as possible, because the outside world is morally corrupting. Unispaces senior executive team, including recently appointed global chief executive Steve Quick (Cushman & Wakefields Chicago-based head of occupier services until August last year) and APAC managing director Rob Aird, will stay with the company. Christie then tried another approach. Given plans to move to Randwick, Martin has listed the three-bedroom empty nest with a $1.6 million guide through BresicWhitneys Chris Nunn, who also sold the terrace across the road of author Anna Funder and her architect husband Craig Allchin earlier this year for $4.45 million. Unispaces unique model sets us apart in the industry and has created a very compelling reason to join the team. Should it come to market, it is expected to attract interest from domestic and offshore private equity players. Members are generally expected not to socialise, eat or drink with outsiders.
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It is also looking at Germany and Canada and would consider acquisitions if it cannot grow fast enough organically. Meanwhile, cleaning products company Arrow County Supplies was awarded two PPE deals worth up to 496,000 by Bristol City Council and Prosper Procurement, the latter acting on behalf of housing associations.
Unispace Appoints New Global Leaders to Guide Businesses and Clients Regional Manager, Systems at Unispace . Both Steve and Michael have global reputations, local connections and deep knowledge across all stages of the real estate lifecycle, so they can help us unlock opportunities not only in North America but around the world.
Get Contact Info for All Departments Two of Mr Hales' sons, Gareth and Charles, have been named as the suppliers of more than $1 billion worth of contracts to supply the UK with COVID-19 tests via their former company Unispace Global Limited. Indeed, the total outlay of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on all private sector contracts prior to the pandemic, in 2019/20, was 1.1 billion. Company filings show Unispace reported revenue of $128 million last year, though they do not show how much of that came from Asian operations. The strength of Sant lies around our people - a dedicated body of clear-thinking problem solvers who share a dedication to absolute results. Conservative MP Charlie Elphick alsoaccusedthe Charity Commission of trying to suppress religion in this case. Roughly 150 million worth of masks provided by Ayanda simply arent fit for use in the NHS, due to the ear fastenings not meeting safety standards, while the remaining masks were undergoing further safety tests earlier this month. Not all the contracts stand up to scrutiny. Whether businesses expect to downsize or grow, they will all need to address medium- and longer-term considerations such as how their future workplaces can continue to foster performance and productivity to attract and retain talent as well as all of those other important psychological functions of an office environment, Quick said.