{"id":70002,"date":"2020-01-14T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=70002"},"modified":"2020-01-13T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T14:33:28","slug":"liverpool-construction-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/liverpool-construction-fraud\/70002\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud probe is \u2018grim news for construction workers in Liverpool\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Construction workers in Liverpool are facing a difficult time finding work after two high profile projects were halted following a fraud probe, warns <a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unite<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last month Elliott Lawless the founder of the Elliot Group was arrested along with a senior official at <a href=\"https:\/\/liverpool.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool council<\/a> as part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/suspected-fraud-construction\/51238\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fraud investigation<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Both have been released on conditional bail without charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Major schemes suspended<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Elliot Group is the developer on the \u00a3100m Aura student scheme as well as the Infinity scheme a 38 story residential tower in Leeds Street Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Following the arrests, the main contractor Vermont has announced that work has been suspended on both projects.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Grim news for Liverpool workers <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unite regional officer, John Sheppard, said: \u201cThis is grim news for construction workers in Liverpool, who have received the dreaded tap on the shoulder and are now being forced to look for new work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is a notoriously difficult time of the year to find new starts and the affected workers who believed they had relatively secure employment are now faced with the grim reality of trying to find new work at short notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe two Elliot Group developments now join a long list of stalled construction projects in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe construction industry needs a kickstart in Liverpool and key stakeholders need to come together to get the stalled projects on track and construction workers back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction workers in Liverpool are facing a difficult time finding work after two high profile projects were halted 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