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Our Ref:
FOI608797
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Dear Mr Wilson
Freedom of Information Request 608797 Thank you for your recent request received 9 July 2018. Your request was actioned under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in which you requested the following information –
“{1} Could Metro mayor Steve Rotheram and the Mayor of Liverpool both try to
answer these questions?
The names North point Global, Chinatown, Pall Mall, Baltic house are all linked to
Samuel Beilin, Peter McInnes, Lee James Spence, these names and companies are
very well known to both Mayors.
{2} The question now is in the BBC Panorama program, at the end it says the Mayor
of Liverpool has reported Mr Peter McInnes to the NCA, however, why are the
Mayor’s office and the Liverpool city region hiring” Bond Media " as its PR company
who has very close ties to both Peter McInnes and Samuel Beilin and is the PR
company for them?
Bond media also is the PR company for the following.
{a} Acentus real estate, selling the site known in Vauxhall road as the "Metalworks”
the persons behind this are the very same persons who ran Chinatown into the
ground, NPG Ltd.
{b} Mr A Garcia, Lee James Spence and Acentus are run by NPG Ltd, Simon Clarke,
Alex Doonan who are working with” Allan Freeman, the son of Tony Freeman( See
BBC Panorama) 27th June 2018.
{3} BLOK ARCHITECTURE LIMITED Antonio Garcia is now behind the new
metalworks Vauxhall Road, Garcia according to him is friends, with Joe Anderson
could the Mayor for the record please reply to this question?.
{c} PUMPFIELDS REGENERATION COMPANY LIMITED, this is Mr Antonio Garcia’s
new company linked to Acentus real estate which is selling the Metalworks
apartments in Leeds St Liverpool.
Mr Lee Spence is a part of this as is Simon Clarke, Allan Freeman and others who
may be getting investigated?
{4} The Mayor of Liverpool and the Liverpool echo were all told of this last year,
however, no follow up has been investigated why?
Bond media is also the PR company for- Prime site developments and Kerry
Tomlinson who is also in trouble, yet once more the Mayor was told of this as were
the echo.
Liverpool City Council Information Team
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Other companies Bond media works for are the Daily Mirror, the Liverpool Echo,
Lourdes Investments, St Cyprians Student Hall, S. Vance & Co, Liverpool FC.
{5} Could the mayor of Liverpool please try to recall his or the Liverpool city council’s
dealing in St Cyprians Halls Ltd with Gary Howard of Fox Street Village, and Kerry
Tomlinson of prime site developments.
{6} Could the mayor of Liverpool try to explain his own daughters part in working with
both Gary Howard's company “Fox Street Village as a PR consultant for Danial
Hughes PR company who also has worked for the Mayor of Liverpool
{7} Could both Mayors please try to explain if Bond Media is linked to several
companies who are being investigated maybe by the SFD and or the NCA, then why
is Bond Media working both sides of the fence?
{8} Bond Media is close to Peter McInnes and at the same time claims to be close to
the Liverpool city region, how can this be?
{9} Will Metro mayor Steve Rotheram, please investigate this as it's like the city of
Liverpool is being run by outsiders and not the Liverpool city council.”
Response: Liverpool City Council would advise as follows –
1. This is a statement and not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
2. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
3. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act. The City Council
would further advise that it has never used Bond Media.
4. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
5. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
6. The employment status of individual Councillors is a private matter for the individual.
Liverpool City Council holds no information – nor are we required to for either legislative
or operational reasons – beyond that published in Members Register of Interest, which is
publicly available and accessible via the following weblink –
http://councillors.liverpool.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx?
7. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
8. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
9. This is not a valid question under the Freedom of Information Act.
This concludes our response.
The City Council will consider appeals, referrals or complaints in respect of your Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and you must submit these in writing to
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx within 28 days of receiving your response.
The matter will be dealt with by an officer who was not previously involved with the response
and we will look to provide a response within 40 days. If you remain dissatisfied you may
also apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision about whether the request for
information has been dealt with in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act
2000.The Information Commissioner’s website is
www.ico.gov.uk and the postal address
and telephone numbers are:-
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
Liverpool City Council Information Team
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5AF. Telephone 0303 123 1113. Email –
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not secure)
I trust this information satisfies your enquiry.
Yours sincerely
A Lewis
Angela Lewis Information Team
Liverpool City Council Information Team
Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool, L3 1DS
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