Re: McCanns Hire Car Contract

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 15:36

Oh it is when I copy and paste from other sites that it includes the formatting..
sorry to distract...

by Hicks 01.03.14 16:03

HelenMeg wrote:Oh it is when I copy and paste from other sites that it includes the formatting..
sorry to distract...

Go to the box at the top of the site where it displays the name and click in that box, it will turn blue, if it doesn't turn blue it won't work. right click copy.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:13

Hicks wrote:
HelenMeg wrote:Oh it is when I copy and paste from other sites that it includes the formatting..
sorry to distract...
Go to the box at the top of the site where it displays the name and click in that box, it will turn blue, if it doesn't turn blue it won't work. right click copy.

Thanks very much

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:23

Following on regarding the Vigia Group - I found this article

Concerns raised over future management of Parque da Floresta
in News · 19-05-2012 00:00:00 · 0 Comments
Lawyers, bankers, accountants and property owners have been spending the past few days discussing the future of the Parque da Floresta resort in the far-western Algarve after the three companies involved in the management of the resort were placed into administration by a Lagos court.

The three companies placed into administration are holding company Vigia SGPS, unit seller Quinta da Colina and Golfe de Santo Antonio, the company that sold the golfing rights.
The Portugal News spoke to the Vigia Group on Thursday who, in a statement, clarified their position as being the following: “The Vigia Group has applied for and been granted an administration Order for three of the group’s companies. An experienced judicial administrator has now been appointed who will be responsible for this process”, it said. The administrator is Lisbon-based and is expected to be in the Algarve next week and the week thereafter to deal with matters relating to the process.
According to the Vigia Group this action was taken to protect, “as much as is possible”, current negotiations with a potential investor, staff and the overall business.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:25

HelenMeg wrote:Following on regarding the Vigia Group - I found this article

Concerns raised over future management of Parque da Floresta
in News · 19-05-2012 00:00:00 · 0 Comments
Lawyers, bankers, accountants and property owners have been spending the past few days discussing the future of the Parque da Floresta resort in the far-western Algarve after the three companies involved in the management of the resort were placed into administration by a Lagos court.

The three companies placed into administration are holding company Vigia SGPS, unit seller Quinta da Colina and Golfe de Santo Antonio, the company that sold the golfing rights.
The Portugal News spoke to the Vigia Group on Thursday who, in a statement, clarified their position as being the following: “The Vigia Group has applied for and been granted an administration Order for three of the group’s companies. An experienced judicial administrator has now been appointed who will be responsible for this process”, it said. The administrator is Lisbon-based and is expected to be in the Algarve next week and the week thereafter to deal with matters relating to the process.
According to the Vigia Group this action was taken to protect, “as much as is possible”, current negotiations with a potential investor, staff and the overall business.

See this :

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Vigia Group - Property Wire
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16 Sep 2008 - The Vigia Group is the leading developer of quality real estate within luxury Golf and Leisure property resorts in Portugal. The Group has been ...

So maybe the Robert Murat was connected to Vigia through his 'property / real estate ' connections.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:27

TAKEN FROM ARTICLE IN 2007 / [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

The Vigia Group is a privately owned European consortium that has been operating in the western Algarve for more than fifteen years. Seven luxury golf and beach resorts in the western Algarve and a further golf development in the Alentejo, makes the company the leading developer of high quality properties within leisure resort settings in the area.

However, if my earlier report was correct it has now gone into administration. Why?

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:30

HelenMeg wrote:TAKEN FROM ARTICLE IN 2007 / [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

The Vigia Group is a privately owned European consortium that has been operating in the western Algarve for more than fifteen years. Seven luxury golf and beach resorts in the western Algarve and a further golf development in the Alentejo, makes the company the leading developer of high quality properties within leisure resort settings in the area.

However, if my earlier report was correct it has now gone into administration. Why?

oK - Vigia now relaunched - see this link... it has 4 UK shareholders? Who - and is Nancy Burridge (the bag finder) linked to this company - that is what I'm trying to investigate ......sorry of this ends up being a
tangent..
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by HelenMeg 01.03.14 16:32

About the Vigia Group
Vigia, was established in 1991 by its four UK shareholders. The Group now owns several exclusive holiday resorts in this region. Owing to each of the resort’s unique beach or golf location, along with the quality of villas with private pools and linked villas, the resorts were soon discovered by a number of celebrity guests who were so taken with the full Vigia package that they actually purchased holiday homes with the developer and visit regularly. These include sportsmen David Seaman and Ian Rush.

Vigia’s resorts include the infamous Parque da Floresta Golf & Leisure Resort, The View Salema Beach, contemporary golf village development – Quinta da Encosta Velha and the self catering beach properties of Quinta da Sao Roque in Lagos and Quinta da Fortaleza. As well as the Alentejo based resort of Parque do Redondo.

The re-launched site can be visited at [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] . For customers wishing to speak to a sales advisor in person there are also freephone telephone numbers: (UK) 0800 622 6120 / (Portugal) 800 208 146.

When you go into the website you see it trades under a another name. I want to find out who these shareholders are.

I'm going out now to practice my golf. Yes honestly I am.

by CynicAl 01.03.14 17:00

IMO the business interests in this region alone are enough to warrant potentially high-level interference. I use that word deliberately. Interference. This did not necessarily begin as 'cover up' at those highest and corporate level interests. They could have started out believing the best and protecting their interests. Their complicity in doing so, once revealed to the concerned parties, may have become a fight for survival, or at the least the maintaining of cleaner or more innocent hands. Investors can handled 'duped' executives. They can't afford to entertain fully aware, blind-eye turning executives. PR nightmare. Does any of the renewed activity on the case coincide with the apparent onset of the demise of this investment company, at all?

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 17:48

Vigia (UK) Limited
6 Frederick Street
Wigston
LE18 1PJ
United Kingdom

Oh lo and behold - Leicester company!!
Previously known as Makefix limited

Director Mark Macfadden -
whos previous directorship was - revious Directorships
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Spa Da Floresta Limited appointed on 20 April 1999		[size=12.35]DISSOLVED[/size]	03723805
Vigia (UK) Limited appointed on 04 August 1998

Same for the other director Richard Oliver Evans

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 17:51

This is an article from 2009:

The Vigia Group have announced exciting new plans to extend further their already sizeable investment in
Portugal's Algarve.
Vigia, which offers for sale and to rent a wide variety of luxury properties in Portugal including Algarve villas, golf villas and beach properties, has announced plans to launch a number of new projects across its eight luxury resorts including a 5 star hotel and new golf courses at Parque da Floresta, its flagship resort.
Shareholder and new CEO Barry Bateman, was happy to discuss details: “With the full support of our shareholders, we plan a multi-million investment in some very exciting projects across our eight resorts throughout the region. Investment we believe will help elevate the Vigia brand and enhance the quality of our product offering.”

Who is Barry BATEMAN?
I'm conscious that I'm clogging up this thread. I'm sorry - should I open a new thread?

OK
Headquarters of vigia
Parque da Floresta, Vale do Poço Budens, Lagos 8650-060 Portugal

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 17:58

Further info :

The Vigia Group offers a complete package to the home buyer in Portugal
Vigia Group is a British owned consortium of
companies whose principle operations are in the

Western Algarve. Three of its six shareholders live

on the Western Algarve and are based at the Group's

220 hectare (543 acre) primary site, the golf and

leisure resort, Parque da Floresta.

The Western Algarve was chosen by Vigia's

shareholders as its investment base because of the

unique, unspoilt environment of the area - the real

Algarve; the real Portugal.

So we seem to have UK shareholders based out in the Western Algarve running a big operation concerning golf clubs / resorts.

The company is quoted orginally at least as being based in Wigston Leicester.

I'm trying to find out who are the UK shareholders.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 18:04

Vigia group website address :

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Try a search and you come up with loads of porn ads - the search says these ads related to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Then look at this link....
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a company was asked to supply a facility enabling amongst other things ' videos on demand / internet / fiberoptics / connectvity to their resort properties.

I'm completely intrigued by the link to all the porn ads... please take a look if you have time..

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 18:12

HURRAH - Found a link I was looking for !!!!!!!!!!!!

Andy BurridgeConsultant
25 years past experience in the Luxury Overseas holiday and property market. In the role of Sales and Marketing Director successfully sold out numerous luxury resort developments in the Algarve, as well as pioneered freehold shared ownership. Consultant to The Vigia Group, Barclays Lisbon, Abacus Savills and La Perla International.

He is possibly husband of Nancy Burridge who found the bag of clothes - !! so that bag must've been a red herring

Oh My God - see what Andy's company does!!!! REad the bottom line below - creating livelier off peak operations - this may be linked to swinging events

OwnerShare Hotel
The Fractional Ownership Consultancy has developed a model for fractionalising resort hotels.
Consider the advantages over conventional funding:
• The hotel room can be sold off-plan to investors or lifestyle purchasers.
• Sales therefore fund the build and upfront capitalisation is kept to a minimum.
• Hotel operating profits are maximised because the cost of funding is minimised.
• Owners/investors utilise the property, creating livelier off-peak operations.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 18:27

Vigia SGPS SA
Monte Leonor, Sítio do Pimpolho
8650-060 BUDENS
T. 282 690 008
F. 282 690 011
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Main Activity: Hotels & Holiday Accommodation
Main Contact: Mr. Barry Bateman

I'm not very good at being meticulous
but my instincts and findings are telling me that some UK people are making a lot of money out of the golfing / tourist resort opportunity in the Algarve, and those people have a strong connection back to Leicester
and Rothley Park Golf Club.

I think they develop th eoff peak tourism through keeping the hotels and resort apartments filled with off peak activities.
They have had complex and expensive TV systems etc installed in their apartments including videos on demand. I think
Textusa has been right all along with her swinging theory and I'm even more convinced now. I think everyone wants a slice of this pie and I think
that the cover up is massive and has involved all of these links

by Guest 01.03.14 18:39

HelenMeg

There is another comment on Textusa - under the original comment re Vagia group - posted early this evening.

"F S of Vigia also director of Trafalgar Scientific based in Leicester. Jane Tanner worked for Fisher Scientific, a similar company. In my opinion, the holiday wasn't arranged because it was the only suitable venue. I bet these people already knew each other".

I don't know who "F S" is at the moment but maybe another link in the puzzle...I will have a dig around.

Good work chasing out all these links - do you think that the Mccanns could have been investing or hoping to invest in these golf/spa holiday businesses hence needed a souce of funding?
After all they were intending to stay in the Algarve for the forseeable.

I hope we are able to quote other sites if not sorry mods roses

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 20:07

BlackCatBoogie wrote:HelenMeg

There is another comment on Textusa - under the original comment re Vagia group - posted early this evening.

"F S of Vigia also director of Trafalgar Scientific based in Leicester. Jane Tanner worked for Fisher Scientific, a similar company. In my opinion, the holiday wasn't arranged because it was the only suitable venue. I bet these people already knew each other".

I don't know who "F S" is at the moment but maybe another link in the puzzle...I will have a dig around.

Good work chasing out all these links - do you think that the Mccanns could have been investing or hoping to invest in these golf/spa holiday businesses hence needed a souce of funding?
After all they were intending to stay in the Algarve for the forseeable.

I hope we are able to quote other sites if not sorry mods

BCB

I think there may have been an element of looking for people to invest - as I have read that they were encouraging investment into these properties..
I just dont know.. but there seems to be a strong connection between Leicester / Vigia / Golf / low season activities - it seems that Vigia dominates tourism / golf out there in the Western Algarve...

by Hicks 01.03.14 20:46

HelenMeg wrote:
BlackCatBoogie wrote:HelenMeg

There is another comment on Textusa - under the original comment re Vagia group - posted early this evening.

"F S of Vigia also director of Trafalgar Scientific based in Leicester. Jane Tanner worked for Fisher Scientific, a similar company. In my opinion, the holiday wasn't arranged because it was the only suitable venue. I bet these people already knew each other".

I don't know who "F S" is at the moment but maybe another link in the puzzle...I will have a dig around.

Good work chasing out all these links - do you think that the Mccanns could have been investing or hoping to invest in these golf/spa holiday businesses hence needed a souce of funding?
After all they were intending to stay in the Algarve for the forseeable.

I hope we are able to quote other sites if not sorry mods
BCB

I think there may have been an element of looking for people to invest - as I have read that they were encouraging investment into these properties..
I just dont know.. but there seems to be a strong connection between Leicester / Vigia / Golf / low season activities - it seems that Vigia dominates tourism / golf out there in the Western Algarve...

You have been busy HelenMeg since I last logged on. I think the swinging theory is very plausible. Is there any more info on this Nancy Burridge and the bag of clothes?
Murat could have investments in this company or has done business with them hence he would know of a good many hiding places connected to these golfing clubs.
This could be the link we have been looking for ....Murat to McCann

by russiandoll 01.03.14 21:01

bumping this.... well done helenm.

by sallypelt 01.03.14 21:11

HelenMeg wrote:
BlackCatBoogie wrote:HelenMeg

There is another comment on Textusa - under the original comment re Vagia group - posted early this evening.

"F S of Vigia also director of Trafalgar Scientific based in Leicester. Jane Tanner worked for Fisher Scientific, a similar company. In my opinion, the holiday wasn't arranged because it was the only suitable venue. I bet these people already knew each other".

I don't know who "F S" is at the moment but maybe another link in the puzzle...I will have a dig around.

Good work chasing out all these links - do you think that the Mccanns could have been investing or hoping to invest in these golf/spa holiday businesses hence needed a souce of funding?
After all they were intending to stay in the Algarve for the forseeable.

I hope we are able to quote other sites if not sorry mods
BCB

I think there may have been an element of looking for people to invest - as I have read that they were encouraging investment into these properties..
I just dont know.. but there seems to be a strong connection between Leicester / Vigia / Golf / low season activities - it seems that Vigia dominates tourism / golf out there in the Western Algarve...

That would be Frank Arthur Sharpe

by sallypelt 01.03.14 21:14

Frank Arthur Sharpe worked in companies VIGIA (UK) LIMITED, DUKESMEADOW LEISURE CLUB LIMITED, SHARPE LANGHAM LIMITED as Accountant, Chartered accountant.

by HelenMeg 01.03.14 21:20

sallypelt wrote:Frank Arthur Sharpe worked in companies VIGIA (UK) LIMITED, DUKESMEADOW LEISURE CLUB LIMITED, SHARPE LANGHAM LIMITED as Accountant, Chartered accountant.

But also, I wonder what RM's link with Vigia is. Did he just want a piece of what must have been lucrative business. Did he assist them with his portuguese / anglo connections.
Wy did he lie about being at the golf club? Was he told that under no circumstances was he to reveal any connection with them? I dont see him as being a main player - just a peripheral
handyman - a link between the business men and the customers.

by russiandoll 01.03.14 21:22

F A Sharpe on google, company director, with details in Leicester and Portugal

by sallypelt 01.03.14 21:31

FRANK ARTHUR SHARPE is one of the current directors of Limedale Ltd
Current officer is Mr Ronald David Prior
ANDREW BERNARD GAMBLE is the current secretary

This is just some brief information. Frank A Sharpe is a current director of 22 companies.

by sallypelt 01.03.14 21:32

russiandoll wrote:F A Sharpe on google, company director, with details in Leicester and Portugal

Russiandoll, here is a link to some of the companies and their directors.

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It will keep someone busy for days.

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