Friday, February 5, 2010

Chat Forum - Mirasol & Albany Victims

There is now a chat forum where questions etc can be posted. A much better alternative than me trying to keep on top of all the emails. I will however continue to inform and coordinate those who want to remain totally anonymous.

Many Many Thanks to Peter!

PS I will no longer be able to edit in advance what goes on here so please respect the rules of the Forum and no accusations, threats or slanders that may prejudice our action.

PPS Almost forgot the link !

http://allbanyandmirasol.forum-motion.com/

Also see :-

http://forums.contractoruk.com/general/51473-albany-having-problems.html

Try and redirect people to our dedicated forum and BLOG if they are interested.

GENERAL INFORMATION

5th FEB 2010 16:39 GMT

I will try to get the mailing lists oragnised this weekend. I received about 35 new contacts today so it will take me some time to trawl through them. Think of something else and have a good weekend !!!

6th FEB 2010 09:45 GMT

Here is a link to the UK Contractor forum :-

http://forums.contractoruk.com/general/51473-albany-having-problems.html

Don't forget our dedicated forum :-

http://allbanyandmirasol.forum-motion.com

Please join this.

Some Albany Companies In Administration (UPDATE)

Sadly, Albany Technologies has or is now going into administration, I guess this means all UK companies will as expected. This news comes in a Letter from Shelley Ecclestone.

The Albany Group are seeking Administration for the following companies.

Albany EMEA Ltd
Albany Employment Services Ltd
Albany Management UK Ltd
Albany Technologies

The note tells people therefore not to contact the company until the Administrators have been appointed.

Although expected, it is still shocking and sad news.

I am sorry for everybody involved ! Thanks Peter.

Albany & Von Essen

You may wish to see this link. Thanks Robert.

http://uk.linkedin.com/in/raycwalker

Thursday, February 4, 2010

EMAILS - PLEASE READ

There are so many email addresses now I am not sure I have everybody on the mailing list. I have sent an email out this evening 4th FEB 2010. If you didn't receive one then you are not on the list. Please email me again with the subject heading ADD TO LIST.

Mirasol Letter

IMPORTANT NOTICE

I have edited this Blog in light of the comments made below ! Please let me know if I write anything that can be construed as illegal or unethical or even hurtful. This site is for information sharing only and not to defame or cause distress TO ANYONE and that includes current or past employees of Albany or Mirasol, please help in this.

UPDATE: People are now being told by Sarah Morrey that the Mirasol money will be paid, this is the opposite of what Martin Glick is saying.

With regard to the Letter from Sarah Morrey today on behalf of the Directors of Mirasol.

I think from this letter that things are slightly better than some people have been saying i.e the fund has not been plundered.

Mirasol was not as disconnected from Albany as I was lead to believe and I was shocked to hear that :-

1) it is at the Directors discretion whether money can be distributed to members! So what is the motivation to distribute now other than goodwill !

2) This company is registered in Turks and Caiscos Islands ! Why are the telephone numbers in Switzerland???? I thought that this was basically an off-shore Bank Account at RBS.

There is an indication in the letter with regard to Legal Action being stopped, I saw this action going against RBS not Albany. I think this is very sad position to take at this stage.

I should have investigated this more at the beginning , sadly I didn't.

Here is a link to the letter in the forum :-

http://allbanyandmirasol.forum-motion.com/albany-group-and-mirasol-communications-f4/letter-from-mirasol-dated-03-02-2010-t12.htm#12

Does anybody know who the Directors of Mirasol are?

Please send comments in the usual way.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Recruiter Article Links

These are the links to the articles in Recruiter, expect more soon as I spoke to their Jouro over the last few days ! Many Thanks Peter !

http://www.recruiter.co.uk/story.aspx?storycode=1003980&PageNo=1&SortOrder=dateadded&PageSize=50#comments

http://www.recruiter.co.uk/story.aspx?storycode=1004084&PageNo=1&SortOrder=dateadded&PageSize=50#comments