DTI MOVES TO SHUT DOWN FIVE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT COMPANIES

28 Aug 2001 12:00 AM

NU-TECH SUPPLIES LIMITED ORACAL SYSTEMS LIMITED PASTEL HOLDINGS LIMITED NORAD MARKETING LIMITED TRITECK ELECTRICAL LIMITED

The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has presented petitions in the High Court to wind up in the public interest Nu-Tech Supplies Limited, Oracal Systems Limited, Pastel Holdings Limited, Norad Marketing Limited and Triteck Electrical Limited.

The companies are all involved in the supply of computer equipment to members of the public.

The petitions were presented following investigations carried out by the Department''s Companies Investigation Branch under section 447 of the Companies Act 1985.

On the application of the Secretary of State the Court has appointed the Official Receiver as provisional liquidator of the companies. The role of the Official Receiver as provisional liquidator is to protect and preserve the assets and financial records of the companies until the hearing of the winding-up petitions.

The petitions are listed for hearing on 3 October 2001.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

1. Nu-Tech Supplies Limited was incorporated on 22 September 1998. Its registered office and former trading address is 8 The Centre, Lakes Industrial Park, Lower Chapel, Braintree, Essex CM7 3RM. The directors of the company are Mr Dean Edward Morter and his wife Ms Johann Eileen Skingsley. The secretary of the company is Mr Edward Charles Parker ACCA.

2. Oracal Systems Limited was incorporated on 9 August 2000. Its registered office and former trading address is 8 The Centre, Lakes Industrial Park, Lower Chapel, Braintree, Essex CM7 3RM. The sole director of the company is Mr Dean Edward Morter. The secretary of the company is Mr Edward Charles Parker ACCA.

3. Pastel Holdings Limited was incorporated on 5 October 2000. Its registered office and former trading address is The Centre, Lakes Road Industrial Park, Lower Chapel Hill, Braintree, Essex CM7 3RU. The sole director of the company is Mr Dean Edward Morter. The secretary of the company is Mr Edward Charles Parker ACCA.

4. Norad Marketing Limited was incorporated on 21 January 1999. Its registered office and trading address is Unit 1, Millenium (sic) House, 41 Brook Road, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 7XJ. It also trades from South Park Business Centre, 310 Green Lane, Ilford, Essex. The sole director of the company until 1 April 2001 was Mr Desmond Johnson and thereafter has been Mr Rachid Benkhedda. The secretary of the company is Mr Roy McGaughey FCMA.

5. Triteck Elecrical Limited was incorporated on 9 August 2000. Its registered office is Hillcrest House, 4 Market Hill, Maldon, Essex CM9 4PZ and its trading address is 48 Spital Road, Maldon, Essex. The directors of the company are Mr Simon Manthorpe and Mr John Brian Goldsmith who is also the secretary of the company. Mr Manthorpe was a former employee of Nu-Tech Supplies Limited and the former secretary of Oracal Systems Limited.

6. The petitions were presented under Section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986.

7. All public enquiries concerning either company should be made to:

THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER Public Interest Unit 21 Bloomsbury Street London WC1B 3SS Tel No: 020 7637 1110

Further information on company investigations is available from http://www.dti.gov.uk/cld/comp inv.htm

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