Abby Baafi, 27, who works at Advantage Training Services, the business the man was said to have stormed, said: "I recognised him because he was one of our previous customers
Looks like the same one according to this report, and there’s no Advantage HGV listed at Companies House either.
Nah, the “aytch” stood for haddock. The lad was used to his special Friday afternoon treat of fish and chips.
The sods ran out of fish and he got the hump.
Red Squirrel:
They reckon it’s gone into liquidation and now re-emerged as “specialised training services”.
TRUCKNET UK WAS JUST MENTIONED ON SKY NEWS!!!
Guy’s you’re famous.
why the hell would we be brought up in this?
Whilst some guy was explaining about the companies new name he began talking about all the threads written about them on internet forums “like trucknet uk”. 5 seconds of fame.
gogzy:
why the hell would we be brought up in this?
because while we have had in the past to remove some comments about Advantage HGV for legal reasons we have endeavoured to keep as much as we can online… and Google loves us a quick Google search brings up the comments you all have written.
As a consequence this afternoon have been taking calls from various newspapers and TV and radio newsrooms wanting to understand the industry and what exactly the problems with brokers are/could be.
gogzy:
why the hell would we be brought up in this?
because while we have had in the past to remove some comments about Advantage HGV for legal reasons we have endeavoured to keep as much as we can online… and Google loves us a quick Google search brings up the comments you all have written.
As a consequence this afternoon have been taking calls from various newspapers and TV and radio newsrooms wanting to understand the industry and what exactly the problems with brokers are/could be.
bloodoodle:
Abby Baafi, 27, who works at Advantage Training Services, the business the man was said to have stormed, said: “I recognised him because he was one of our previous customers”
Pat
She’s then quoted as saying "…but he is not quite stable - mentally stable
That tells me she already had doubts about him.
So how many of those she might regard as “not quite stable” have actually passed?!
So she decides to lie about who she is, and then apparently tells him she’s pregnant to get out of there, what a nice lady (must be as a result of her work I guess)
bloodoodle:
Abby Baafi, 27, who works at Advantage Training Services, the business the man was said to have stormed, said: “I recognised him because he was one of our previous customers”
Pat
She’s then quoted as saying "…but he is not quite stable - mentally stable
That tells me she already had doubts about him.
So how many of those she might regard as “not quite stable” have actually passed?!
Not a Nigerian Scam artist is she? Talked her way out of a hostage situation as cool as you like!! #justsaying
gogzy:
why the hell would we be brought up in this?
because while we have had in the past to remove some comments about Advantage HGV for legal reasons we have endeavoured to keep as much as we can online… and Google loves us a quick Google search brings up the comments you all have written.
As a consequence this afternoon have been taking calls from various newspapers and TV and radio newsrooms wanting to understand the industry and what exactly the problems with brokers are/could be.
Well, maybe the end result will be that this bloke has done a lot of people a lot of good.
I too did the Advantage Google search and TruckNet was on the first page.