The Company owes our client a considerable amount of money, we made contact with one of the Directors who is Mr David Warnes who agreed to settle the debt over 6 months which our client accepted. Various promises were made by the Director that the first instalment would be made and yes you guessed it, he is now ignoring all contact. We are now escalating the matter.
We took on the debt against isl kitchens ltd and the director stephen mclay. Mr mclay told me to jog on, claims all the invoices are wrong and said that he doesn't care that our client wasn't paid. This is possibly the worst person we've dealt with.
Our client was instructed by the Director of the Company to carry out some planning works for the Architects Client. Everything fine until it came to payment, our client pursued the architects client for payment only to be told that they had not instructed the architect to instruct our client to carry out the service. We have been in contact with the Architect who cannot provide any valid proof that he was instructed to instruct our client and the Architect is also not prepared to settle our clients invoices. We are now escalating the matter.
This Company does not like paying invoices, in fact they don't correspond at all. All our efforts to engage have been ignored and we are in the process of winding the business up.
Debtor company does not pay its subbies. Company has 7 outstanding unpaid CCJ's so has form for not paying.
This is a company whereby its director, Jamie Scott KNOWLES has made excuse after excuse over 2 years for non-payment. primarily that they have not been paid. He has said directly to our client "Yeah Mate we won't be bumping anyone for the amount of money" yet that is exactly what they are doing. They promised payment 1 year ago and it did not arrive. They have also stated "just a thought it might help you out in the long run if you get shut down. Take one of you off as a director if they shut you down you'll not be be allowed to be a director again for so many years I think." then they stated "Least you can set up another company that way" So, rather than pay the debt owing, they are advising my client to close they are suggesting that our client's director closes his own company down" When we got involved, it looked promising, amicable conversation, payment plan proposed but, one that had to be rejected as it was not realistic and given comments made to our client re shutting down their company, we felt there was a high risk that this is what the directors of VESTA CONSTRUCTION LTD were planning. Nevertheless, we put a proposal forward that would enable the debt to be paid and at the same time save the debtor some money on interest and costs etc. despite showing willingness to accept this offer and having made a part payment, the agreement was never signed and the second payment was not forthcoming. Instead all that has followed is vague promises of paying when paid. In essence, the same as they have been saying for two years. This has just resulted in the matter being escalated by us. We think there is a real risk of an insolvency event occurring for this company and as such, potential suppliers would be well advised to ensure they carry out due diligence and seek suitable guarantees.
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This is a company that is indebted to my client, the accounts contact in accounts is Karen McGee, every time the client called her she was in meetings, the client chased on 8/5/2026, no reply from Karen. Chased again on 8/7/2026 and the debtor replied "Sorry for the delay in payment. We've experienced a late payment from one of our customers, which has had a knock-on effect on our cash flow. I've now scheduled a payment for this Friday, with further payments to be made every other Friday until the outstanding balance has been cleared." the client advised a payment plan was not agreed and would need to know the amount being paid as no payment plan was agreed. The client was not surprised that Karen ignored that email so they followed up with another email (note emails as Karen is always in meetings and does not return calls) and that email was ignored. It was escalated to us and whilst the debtor ignored our correspondence, they made a part payment but, told no one they were making the payment. Today I have tried to Karen and Michael Stewart Holmes, Surprisingly enough, Karen was in a meeting! Michael Stewart Holmes never answered the phone and the call was terminated before a voicemail message could be left. In the interests of transparency, I have went in to this amount of detail and given the significant risk involved in granting credit to this company, I would strongly suggest that anyone looking to provide services to them do not grant credit.
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The Debtor companies Director is Mr Miles Campbell. Debtor no longer trading and has ran up debt's with no intention of paying. CCJ registered against the company.
More concerned with arguing about the stat demand than actually dealing with the unpaid invoices.
BRIGHTSIDE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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