http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2009/03/rta-business-transfer-agents–.html MARCH 26, 2009 Underhand, wrong, unfair. That’s us, according to Paul O’Reilly, director of business transfer agents RTA (Business Consultants) Ltd, who slated us in a letter to one of his unhappy clients. Valda Thorn put her pub on the market with RTA, paying £3,500 in late 2007 after being told it would sell… Read Article →
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2009/01/rta-estate-agents-accused-of-f.html JANUARY 8, 2009 In police parlance, an RTA is a road traffic accident. Which seems apt, because a firm named RTA (Business Consultants) Limited is a car crash of a business. It claims to be the most successful privately-owned business estate agency – not just in Britain, but in Europe. Among those who’d disagree… Read Article →
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2008/09/rta-didnt-sell-my-shop-and-sti.html SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 Surf shop owner Steve Clarke paid estate agents £750 to sell his business and was asked for another £500 to cancel when they failed to do do. Steve put his Cornwall shop up for sale with RTA (Business Consultants) Ltd, of Stockport, but said: “Only once in 12 months did they… Read Article →
http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/investigations/2007/09/rta-failed-to-sell-our-shop-bu.html SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 NO one likes a bill out of the blue, so you can picture how Peter and Sandra Hoyland felt to get a demand for £22,000 from a firm they hadn’t dealt with for more than four years. In 2002 they paid business estate agent RTA (Business Consultants) Ltd £750 to put… Read Article →
http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/advice/selling-up/190997.article 27th JULY, 2007 Yes, life is too short to read all the contracts you come across with their various clever and convoluted clauses (always written, bear in mind, on behalf of companies with better lawyers than you are ever going to be able to afford). But there is one where I urge you to get… Read Article →
http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/advice/dear-jac-selling-up-sign-your-name-here/190256.article 20th OCTOBER, 2006 Except, as regular readers will know, you need to watch what you sign. Following my write up of Raymond Brunt’s court clash with business transfer agents RTA, four other retailers got in touch, all saying variations on “the same thing happened to me”. One of them, who prefers to remain anonymous… Read Article →
http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/advice/dear-jac-the-retailer-the-business-transfer-agent-and-the-court-case/190145.article 22nd SEPTEMBER, 2006 This one is so quirky you couldn’t make it up. Raymond Brunt is the retailer and he tells me that he often gets reps calling at his store, Penningtons at Leigh in Lancashire, offering everything from cheaper power to double glazing. He says he has a hobby that usually dissuades salespeople…. Read Article →