Press release: Predatory mortgage support boss disqualified by the courts

The boss of three Birmingham based mortgage support companies has been banned by the courts for taking advantage of vulnerable customers seeking assistance with their mortgage arears.




News story: Animal medicines improvement notice: Ballygawley Veterinary Clinic

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This notice was issued Ballygawley Veterinary Clinic.

The following contravened the Veterinary Medicines Regulation 2013:

  • The advertising of an unauthorised veterinary medicinal product and authorised human products for administration to animals on price lists (contrary to Regulation 11 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013)
  • Wholesale dealing of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products to other veterinary practice premises without a wholesale dealers licence (contrary to Schedule 3, Paragraph 2 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013)
  • Supplies of unauthorised veterinary medicinal products (contrary to Regulations 27 of the Veterinary Medicine Regulations 2013)
  • The supply of veterinary medicinal products to farms where there is insufficient evidence to show that the animals are under the veterinary surgeons care and that clinical assessments are being made prior to the supply of veterinary medicinal products (contrary to Schedule 3, Paragraph 4 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013)

The improvements required are:

  • Removal of all unauthorised veterinary medicinal products and authorised human products from all price lists. Provide updated copies to the VMD.
  • All wholesale activities must cease
  • All supplies of Singvac and Botulism Vaccine must be in accordance with a valid Special Treatment Certificate and must only be supplied to the named farm and the volume state on the certificate must not be exceeded. Special Treatment Certificates must be in place prior to supply. All supplies must cease until such time as procedures have been implemented to ensure that all supplies occur in accordance with the certificates. Provide copies of all training and procedures to the VMD.
  • Adequate records must be put in place to demonstrate that clinical assessments occur and that all animals which are supplied veterinary medicinal products by this practice are under the care of the practice (and this care is not nominal).
  • Details of the out of hours/emergency coverage provisions put in place for each farm client must be recorded and a list of farms and the veterinary practice providing the cover on behalf of Ballygawley Veterinary Clinic are to be provided to the VMD.

Published 27 November 2018




News story: Animal medicines seizure: BorderForce, East Midlands Airport, Derby

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A parcel was detained and subsequently seized at the Border Force East Midlands Airport, Castle Donnington, Derby.

This parcel was addressed to a residential premise in the UK and contained:

  • 42 bottles x Vitamin B12 1000 Injection

This product, intended for the use in horses, is not an authorised product in the UK.

The medicine was seized under Regulation 25 (importation of unauthorised Veterinary Medicinal products) of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013.

Published 27 November 2018




News story: Sellafield commuter bus charges announced

Workers who use the direct commuter service to the Sellafield site will pay £2.50 for each journey, starting Monday 7th January.

There are also some changes to timetables.

This is the latest of a raft of new travel to work options for staff.

The commuter service was offered free of charge on a trial basis, to encourage employees to use it to minimise the impact of the changes.

The service operates from Workington, Cockermouth, Lillyhall, Whitehaven, Frizington, Cleator Moor, Egremont, Gosforth, Seascale and Millom, as well as stops along these routes.

Buses will remain free from the following park and ride locations – Kangol, Egremont and Greengarth (including stops after these locations).

Moresby Parks and Kangol timetable (PDF, 352KB, 1 page)

People can pay on the bus using their debit card, credit card or a contactless payment app on their smartphone.

Eight new park and ride bus services were also put in place, with workers also being encouraged to take advantage of car-sharing, train services, unrestricted cycling, motorcycle or pedestrian access.

Steve Bostock, site director, said:

As part of our site access changes, we introduced a series of new bus services. It has always been our intention to charge for these after an introductory period, and we have now confirmed the details.

We believe that these charges are fair and reasonable, and are cost effective for most people.

I’d like to thank everyone who has been choosing to use the bus services to help make the changes a success, and hope they will continue to do this.

The site access changes were introduced to help reduce the number of vehicles driving to or accessing the Sellafield site each day.

Space on the site is at a premium and required for delivery of the company’s mission.




Press release: Tree-mendous photographs help save our oaks

The winner of the ‘Celebrating Our Oaks’ category of the International Garden Photographer of the Year in partnership with Action Oak announced