Company linked to Michelle Mone owes 39m in tax, new documents reveal

"A company linked to Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone owes 39 million in tax, according to documents filed its administrators on Tuesday. The sum owed by PPE Medpro is in addition to the 148 million the firm has already been ordered to repay the government. PPE Medpro, a consortium spearheaded by Baroness Mone's husband Doug Barrowman, was previously instructed to return the larger amount after the Department for Health and Social Care successfully sued it over 25 million "faulty" gowns supplied during the pandemic."

"Despite the company entering administration last month, the government has affirmed it has "absolutely not" abandoned efforts to reclaim the total sum. PPE Medpro has 672,774 available to unsecured creditors, well short of what it owes, filings show. The firm was initially ordered to pay just shy of 123 million to the government, plus interest at a rate of 8 per cent per year. A spokesman for the consortium said previously it was prepared to enter into a dialogue with the Government."

A national news outlet solicits donations to fund on-the-ground reporters, keeps reporting free without paywalls, and says quality journalism should be paid by those who can afford it. PPE Medpro, a consortium linked to Baroness Michelle Mone's husband Doug Barrowman, owes 39 million in tax according to administrators' filings. That tax liability is additional to 148 million the firm was previously ordered to repay after the Department for Health and Social Care sued over 25 million "faulty" gowns supplied during the pandemic. The company entered administration last month. Filings show 672,774 available to unsecured creditors, far short of the liabilities, and a consortium spokesman said it was prepared to enter dialogue with the government over a settlement.

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