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29 Apr, 7 tweets, 3 min read
EXCLUSIVE: we can now reveal four more companies awarded contracts through the VIP Lane.

Clandeboye Agencies, P14 Medical, Luxe Lifestyle and Meller Designs. glplive.org/ppe-hearing
P14 Medical, run by a Tory councillor and donor, was awarded £276m in PPE contracts. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Meller Designs, run by David Meller a large Tory donor and trustee of the rightwing lobby group Policy Exchange, was given more than £160m in PPE contracts. theguardian.com/world/2021/apr…
Luxe Lifestyle was awarded a £26m contract despite appearing to be insolvent and without any employees. …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/117037…
And Clandeboye Agencies whose registered trade on Companies House is “wholesale of sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery” was awarded £108m in PPE contracts. …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/NI6177…
These four new VIP firms are in addition to Ayanda, which enjoyed a £252m deal negotiated by Liz Truss adviser Andrew Mills.

And Pestfix which won approximately £350m in contracts - despite being described by Government as a company “which specialises in pest control products.
Here's more about the new companies we revealed went through the VIP Lane and how they got there - from Government's own internal documents:

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