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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Why is LoveYourpostcode sponsored by Sandwell Council when the man behind LoveYourPostcode (Bobby Singh AKA Amerjit Singh Dhuga) was banned from Estate Agent Work by Sandwell Trading Standards for fraud?? There are several roundabouts in West Bromwich and Smethwick with his adverts stating his firm is sponsored by Sandwell Council.

Is this not morally wrong that a firm who has been founded by Bobby Singh is sponsored by the same council that banned him??

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell MBC, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Hi Donna

thanks for replying, i dont know what further info you want as I cannot see what you are asking but if you are looking for further details see below.

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/lo...

https://rman.co.uk/latest-news/article/a...

Details of Amerjit Singh Dhuga being banned from Estate Work by the OFT after being prosecuted by Sandwell Trading Standards. search for his name and you can see full details.

http://lexisweb.co.uk/source-guides/sour...

Also you can see listed AS PROHIBITED next to his name - on the NATIONAL AGENTS REGISTER, you can email the team below to confirm this if you want to confirm.

https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/3992/Est...

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear ,

We have responded to your case with reference number CU183315305.

Further to our previous correspondence, we can advise as follows:

In response to your query we can confirm that Sandwell Council do not
sponsor the company Love Your Postcode Ltd. The said company, who were not
a party to the action you refer to, simply advertise on the signs as do
other organisations in different locations.

We hope this answers your enquiry. 

 

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Thanks for your reply.

OK I will clarify that Sandwell council does not sponsor LoveYourPostcode
but the Signs by Tesco West Bromwich and other locations state

'LoveYourPostcode in Partnership with Sandwell Council' do you agree?

You have said the company were not party to the actions

So I have some further follow up questions

1) Is the land that the adverts are on Council land?

And then if so is it acceptable to allow LoveYourPostcode

1) advertise on signs that are on council land stating LoveYourPostcode are in partnership with Sandwell Council? bearing in mind the actions commited by Amerjit Singh Dhuga who appears to be employed by LoveYourPostcode.
Here it even states on their website he is a director
https://www.loveyourpostcode.com/meet-th...

here it states he is the CEO of LoveYourPostcode below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbncVy2K...

Also to note the company appears to be registered to Catalina Lopez who is the wife of Amerjit Singh Dhuga

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/compa...

Is Sandwell Council not concerned by any of this? Adverts on Sandwell council land for a company that states their director is an individual PROHIBITED from Estate Agent work? or at the very least employs an individual who is PROHIBITED from Estate Agent Work.

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Your reference number is CU201307405.

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Dear Mr Rogers,

We have responded to your case with reference number CU201307405.

We can confirm the following.

The roundabouts that the roundabout sponsorship scheme operates on are
owned by Sandwell Council.

With reference to your question about any concerns that the Council has
about the company, Love Your Postcode, sponsoring any roundabouts, We can
confirm that the Council is aware that one of the principals of this
company, known as Mr Bobby Singh, is no longer authorised to act as an
estate agent.  However, our understanding is that he does not act in this
capacity for this company but acts as a business owner.  Our Trading
Standards section have reviewed this case and are satisfied that so long
as there are no images of Mr Singh featured in these adverts, that may
inadvertently give the impression that he is an authorised estate agent,
then the Council can accept adverts from the company, as the company has
not been prosecuted for any wrongdoing.

We hope that answers your questions sufficiently.

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

thanks for the latest reply.

If he is the business owner then why is he stating in a national newspaper that he is an ESTATE Agent see below - 2nd paragraph it says 'As an Estate Agent' and the article appears to be written by himself. What does Sandwell Trading Standards say to that?

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/21/im-provid...

also why does he appear to be threatening NHS workers in the video???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpOmsiM... Is that the type of company you want advertising on council land ?

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

thanks for the latest reply.

If he is the business owner then why is he stating in a national newspaper that he is an ESTATE Agent see below - 2nd paragraph it says 'As an Estate Agent' and the article appears to be written by himself. What does Sandwell Trading Standards say to that?

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/21/im-provid...

also why does he appear to be threatening NHS workers in the video???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpOmsiM... Is that the type of company you want advertising on council land ?

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Your reference number is CU210738079.

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Dear Mr Rogers,

Thank you for your enquiry which is being dealt with in accordance with
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Dear Mr Rogers,

We have responded to your case with reference number CU210738079.

Thank you for your enquiry. 

Sandwell Council has no control over the editorial policy of newspapers
and what they print.  We can only implement our own policies as we have
explained in our previous response to you.

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

ok fine your response regarding the advertising signs is understood but there was a further query that I asked last time due to new information being available

Why if the person named appears to state he is an ESTATE AGENT in the press (the article is stated to be written by Bobby Singh himself) and that person is BANNED from being an estate agent what is Sandwell council/trading standards prepared to do about that?? You said your understanding was that he was a 'business owner' but it appears he is saying he is an ESTATE AGENT.

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Rogers

I am writing in respect of your correspondence ref CU216564696.
Unfortunately, due to unprecedented challenges we face due to the
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we are unable to allocate the matter to an
officer to investigate and formally respond to at this moment in time.

However, I can confirm that your correspondence has been passed to an
officer to consider and action as necessary.  We will review the situation
at some point in June and write to you to confirm how we intend to respond
to you.

 

 

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Dear PH MySandwell,

Any response this is now past the due date by law

Yours sincerely,

Derek Rogers

PH MySandwell, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Rogers

I am writing further to my email of 15 June 2020 - ref CU216564696.  I
would like to thank you for your patience whilst we have been facing
unprecedented challenges due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  We
are currently managing a high volume of enquiries and are processing these
in date order.  We will continue to review the situation and will issue
our response to you as soon as we are able.

 

 

 

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Dear PH MySandwell,

I understand we have a covid pandemic but I dont understand how it is affecting my query, its not like Sandwell has been heavily affected so I dont understand how this affects my query. I therefore request an internal review.

Yours sincerely,

Derek Rogers

Sandwell Council, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

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Dear Mr Rogers,

We have responded to your case with reference number CU216564696.

Response attached

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Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Hi Jaswinder

Can you please publish your email contact as in the attachments its showing as xxx

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

Dear Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council,

Hi Jaswinder

please can you confirm your email address as its xxxx in the attachment

Yours faithfully,

Derek Rogers

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Good afternoon,

 

Thank you for your email, the email to contact is
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