Wow! Look how many directorships Rebekah Brooks held

by Guest 13.08.11 19:47

Rebekah Brooks resigns from 18 directorships - but there are more to go

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Rebekah Brooks. Photograph: Rupert Hartley/Rex Features

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. Soon after I received that notification, a [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] spokeswoman explained the the company's former chief executive was in the process of resigning from "several" related directorships, including the from the main board.

In fact, it transpires that "several" meant, well, a good few. And it appears that the process was completed on Monday, according to the Companies House records.

Blogger Dephormation discovered the formal termination of Brooks's directorship of News International Newspapers Ltd, [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

But look what else he turned up on the Companies House website - [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in businesses linked to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]'s Wapping-based media company.

Therefore, it has required something of a mass resignation...
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That's eleven. But we haven't finished yet. Here are six more...
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And even that isn't the final total. Dephormation's researches show that Brooks remains a director of four other News Int related companies and the Press Association, as listed here...
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None of which proves, of course, that she is not still being paid by News International and/or [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.].

So let's ask it once again: is she, or isn't she, on the company payroll? And while we're at it - is Les Hinton, ex Dow Jones chief, still on the payroll too?

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by **PeterMac** 15.08.11 18:44

Read Private Eye
This web of companies is designed to reduce, minimise, or wipe out any tax liability for any of News Internationa in the UK.
One leases to another, one acts as 'consultant' to another, one is able to shows a massive loss on something, and any paper profit is declared as a dividend on shares, and so on.
In plain English it is a fraud.

by jd 15.08.11 18:49

Its also looting!

by BrokenBritain 15.08.11 18:53

Of course it's looting, but it's acceptable looting because it's being done by the rich.

by aiyoyo 16.08.11 11:12

aiyo, but why is she resigning from almost all of them suddenly?
Is she expecting to go to jail - which will automatically disqualify her?

by Guest 16.08.11 15:39

It is far better for a Director to resign from a company, than for them to be struck off from Companies House.

by aiyoyo 16.08.11 16:02

Stella wrote:It is far better for a Director to resign from a company, than for them to be struck off from Companies House.

Well obviously!

But why would CH stuck you off for no reason?

So what is she expecting? to be charged?

by jd 18.05.12 11:38

Bumping this up for those who don't know about rebekah brooks directorships

by Liz Eagles 18.05.12 11:52

Are there any other people of notoriety directors of these companies?

by Snifferdog 18.05.12 12:00

PeterMac wrote:Read Private Eye
This web of companies is designed to reduce, minimise, or wipe out any tax liability for any of News Internationa in the UK.
One leases to another, one acts as 'consultant' to another, one is able to shows a massive loss on something, and any paper profit is declared as a dividend on shares, and so on.
In plain English it is a fraud.

Also known as Tax Avoidance, different to Tax Evasion as makes use of loopholes in the law. Salary earners cannot partake of these Delights available to the wealthy...