Independent publisher of fiction & non-fiction. https://xitter.gq/t.co/Ri9fRoS7Zu
United Kingdom
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We're calling for removal of OSCR's Chair & CEO.
OSCR has shown that it is no longer independent of ScotGov.
Were this England/Wales, @ChtyCommission would be investigating.
@SP_SJSS @mspliz @KatySClark (We're fwding evidence to the Committee.)
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@ScotCharityReg Chair has even refused to respond to formal complaint re OSCR CEO's conduct in the matter. @SPSO_Ombudsman
@AngusRobertson signs off £5m/pa to SBT despite @Scotgov holding evidence of the alleged offences. @AuditorGenScot
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@ScotCharityReg found SBT CEO Marc Lambert failed to disclose he was Birlinn business partner when he signed off a £90k deal on terms significantly worse than market rate.
Lambert then lied to funders @Scotgov & @PostcodeLottery about deal's terms => £'0,000s extra for Birlinn.
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2023: Sandstone failed. £1m public funds lost, incl £175k loan.
Directors reported @insolvencygovuk: a/cs misrepresented when £175k HIE loan due.
Given pattern of behaviour, we call on @AuditorGenScot to institute s22 re HIE.
@GrahamSMSP @jamiegreeneUK @JamesDornan @uartlach
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HIE dismissed warnings it wld lose £175k loan it mis-scored 'low risk' to ensure 3yr interest holiday.
MacRae/HIE has video evidencing current HIE employee visited Sandstone owner's home, with 2 large men, gave HIE £ and said it was for him PERSONALLY, not company. No action.
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As @HIEScotland Risk & Audit Chair, MacRae (+HIE Chair) oversaw £0.4m loss re Sandstone Press: £0.3m via deliberate application mis-scoring + £0.1m legal fees spent ensuring co kept mis-scored £0.3m.
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@LiveBorders, which now holds the tapestry, ignored concerns conflicts of interest meant certain Tapestry trustees - including Chair, Alistair Moffat - appeared to be profiting personally from the charity's activities as shareholders of the similarly-named company.
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Great Scottish Tapestry Charitable Trust has been STRUCK OFF @ScotCharityReg Charity Register after we raised conflict-of-interest concerns.
A near-identically-named company, with business relevant to the charity's work, is owned/directed by individuals linked to Birlinn Books.
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@FionaHyslop also covered up major scandal - and fraud allegations - involving #ScottishBookTrust CEO and @nicolasturgeon pet project. More on that in coming weeks as @oscr has given up regulatory independence by refusing to investigate despite holding evidence of alleged fraud.
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#SandstonePress rcvd & lost c£1m public. @HIEScotland deliberately mis-scored £120k of funding applications to rescue co & broke #FOI law, refusing to disclose info.
@NicolaSturgeon refused to respond to detailed allegations she broke #ScottishMinisterialCode re Sandstone.
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2 @HumzaYousaf new CabSec appointees - @FionaHyslop & @neilcgray - refused to sack @scotgov adviser Jenny Todd who lied that she was non-exec of @NicolaSturgeon-speeches-publisher #SandstonePress.
Under Hyslop, SG helped Todd try to explain lie. Todd then repeated it in writing.
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As @NicolaSturgeon attends #CovidInquiryUK, reminder she resigned refusing to address these detailed allegations she broke #ScottishMinisterialCode re publisher-of-her-speeches #SandstonePress (bust after losing c£1m public).
#transparency?
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We've extensively documented how @HIEScotland rigged £120k in awards to further rescue #SandstonePress ahead of it publishing @NicolaSturgeon speeches book.
HIE blatantly mis-scored Geographic Location (replaced acknowledged correct score), then breached #FOI law.
@WatsonCalum
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Another whistleblower ignored by @scotgov.
We can evidence @scotgov labelling whistleblowers 'Persistent Correspondent' to avoid responding to whistleblowers when info provided is likely to embarrass @scotgov.
@BBCMarkDaly @KQAnderson @WatsonCalum
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-6…
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As @theSNP conference begins, reminder that @NicolaSturgeon resigned having refused to address detailed allegations she broke #ScottishMinisterialCode re #SandstonePress, bust publisher of her speeches that had funding applications deliberately mis-scored by @HIEScotland.
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In scathing decision, @FOIScotland finds @HIEScotland had NO settled intention to publish Board minutes.
Follows refusal to provide minutes after we uncovered deliberate mis-scoring of £120k for @NicolaSturgeon-speeches-publisher #SandstonePress.
itspublicknowledge.info/deci…
REPEAT OFFENDER
@FOIScotland AGAIN finds @HIEScotland breached #FOISA re @NicolaSturgeon-speeches-publisher #SandstonePress.
Co has failed owing taxpayers c£250k.
@BBCDouglasF
@SPSO_Ombudsman
itspublicknowledge.info/deci…
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REPEAT OFFENDER
@FOIScotland AGAIN finds @HIEScotland breached #FOISA re @NicolaSturgeon-speeches-publisher #SandstonePress.
Co has failed owing taxpayers c£250k.
@BBCDouglasF
@SPSO_Ombudsman
itspublicknowledge.info/deci…
Almost £1million public money down the drain due to #CreativeScotland & @HIEScotland
ineptitude and rule-breaking.
Operation Faction ongoing into potential criminality by directors & HIE, incl allegations of #fraud by misrepresentation+ accounting #fraud.
pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/bus…
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