Skidder Shorts No. 11 - Five Star Sandwell!

One of the two "Deputy Leaders" [sic] of Sandwell Council ("SMBC"), Mahboob Hussain,  quite properly completed the Register of Member's Interests and referred to unspecified employment with "Five StarTaxis" of Dudley. Someone made an enquiry with the Monitoring Officer and £124,251 per annum Head of Legal & Governance, N Sharma, replied to confirm that Five Star Taxis are, indeed, Five Star Taxis and Minibuses Limited who happen to have a contract with SMBC (although the Register has still not been amended to this effect).

A search at Companies House shows that a "Mahboob Hussain" was actually Company Secretary at Five Star from 5th August, 2009 to 9th October, 2012.

A search of the SMBC "payments over £500" list (which obviously excludes any further payments under £500 that may have been made)  shows that in SMBC financial year 2012/2013 Five Star received £30,744.54p.

The Labour heirarchy at SMBC are constantly whining about having to make "cuts". Happily, Five Star seem to be exempt since the payments for 2013/2014 nearly DOUBLED to £60,471.75p! Kerching!

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