DTI clamps down on more rogue recruitment companies

The Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) is continuing its clampdown on rogue recruitment companies.

Tudor Inns Ltd, based in West Yorkshire, which took substantial fees from potential licensees in return for training and placement in a pub, has been wound up by the government department.

Around 60 people across the UK handed over cash amounts of between £4,000 and £5,000 after being told they would placed in a pub of their choice.

The DTI confirmed that the training was poor and the promise of a pub failed to materialise in many cases.

Last year The Publican revealed that potential recruits to the industry, responding to adverts in the national press, were being offered training and the promise of a pub placement in return for a hefty fee - often to be met with disappointment.

At the end of January the DTI launched a probe into the raft of recruitment and training companies, following the exclusive investigation by The Publican.

DTI investigators found the company:

• made misleading statements in their training contracts by promising a public house placement after trainees completed their training;
• failed to maintain and/or preserve adequate accounting records;
• failed to file accounts and annual returns
  had been abandoned by their officers on ceasing to trade.
• Tudor Inns Limited was wound up in the public interest on 18th April 2005. The Official Receiver was appointed liquidator of the company, and a forerunner, Britannia Inns, which was already in liquidation.

Any licensee with concerns should contact the receiver: The Official Receiver Public Interest Unit (North) PO Box 326 Boulton House 17-21 Chorlton Street Manchester M60 3ZZ Telephone: 0161 934 5465