There is definitely something going on here.
The photograph of Bryan Willsdeen - Online Clients Manager at
http://www.metal-scraps.co.uk/#/about-us/4548220747is a version of the photograph of Julian Cornthwaite, MD of Unicorn Southern Ltd, here:
http://www.unicornsouthern.co.uk/About.html and even
Sir Julian Lesfragter, Managing Director/Academic Registrar, Royal Buckingham Institution (United Kingdom) here:
http://www.royalbuckinghaminstitution.c ... ctors.htmlAmazingly Sir Julian appears to be the only Lesfragter in the entire (web) galaxy, but that will have to be another story.
A closer look at
Metal Scraps Limited http://www.metal-scraps.co.uk/or Metal Scraps Sourcing as they also refer to themselves.
On their home page they say,
We are a young, dynamic company
Well yes and no. Later on they say they were formed in 1994, but Companies House says the company was formed on 21st November 2012 and the website was registered on 13th February 2011, for 2 years, by Christopher Gael, (UK Individual) 3801 Campus Drive, Waco, 76701, United States.
The company operates from its own 10 acre site in Bradford, West Yorkshire in the UK. Office / Scrap Ground Address: Metal Scrap Limited, Cityway Industrial Area, off Square Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 8NP
Well possibly. Royal Mail does not recognise that postcode and someone would need to scout the area but I suspect they have confused themselves with European Metal Recycling Ltd at Planetrees Road, Bradford, BD4 8AE
The company has an annual turnover of USD 35 million, trading worldwide and employing 70 people engaged in all aspects of metal reclamation.
(Surely not so small, see below.)
On their About us page they say,
Metal Scraps Limited was formed in 1994, making the first of several key acquisitions to rapidly grow the company and create a global leader in scraps. The company employs 170 people and operates at Bradford, West Yorkshire
Good heavens, they grew since the home page!
Metal Scraps Limited has achieved sustained organic growth over the past decade, with an average annual compounded sales growth of 35% over the last 8 years and turnover topping £3 billion in the financial year 2008.
Well who’d a thought it, they’ve only been around for a month, never filed accounts and their turnover has just shot up! This is actually a straight steal from an article about EMR Group here:
http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/eu ... recycling/Metal Scraps Limited has been an active member of the Industry Council for Electronic Equipment
Recycling for many years.
However they do not appear on the list of members here:
http://www.icer.org.uk/direct.htmFinally (after several edits) it says here
http://www.metal-scraps.co.uk/#/used-ca ... 4548499285that Metal Scraps Limited is a subsidiary of
Scraps Recycling PVT Limited, Company No. 07557653
which, according to Companies House was incorporated on 09/03/2011 and dissolved on 23/10/2012 without having to file accounts.
Note that this company also has/had a web presence as
Scrap Recycling PVT Limited
So scam site or no? I’ll leave that to the mods.
However I would not want to pick a fight with a company that claims to be able to supply 50,000 tonnes of recycled nappies each month. Yeuk!
