Energy Saving Group

Cardew

Mr_x wrote: »

Now wouldn't it be great if someone had information on Steve dicksons home address?

Why? Do you want to see if he has PV panels on his roof?

LittleVermin

A little more info than Stedman5040 gave in post #126 is here - including an email address which will save you throwing good money (the price of a stamp) after bad (£500?).

Email of Nottingham Watson, the liquidators of Energy Saving Improvements Ltd (formerly trading as the Energy Saving Group) is [EMAIL="enquiries@notwat.com"]enquiries@notwat.com[/EMAIL]

More about the old, bust Energy Saving Group and the new Energy Reduction UK - same directors, originally same registered address here ... and then follow the links for loads more. Keywords for Google searches are Dickson, Manley, Watch Dog, Rip Off Britain, Trading Standards, etc!

XmasFairy

Hmm, wonder if he's hiding his soft top porsche 4 with his private plate (ESG) on his colleagues drive for a reason? Surely you'd want to be driving it round in weather like this?? Wonder if the liquidators would be interested?

carpentry

XmasFairy wrote: »

Hmm, wonder if he's hiding his soft top porsche 4 with his private plate (ESG) on his colleagues drive for a reason? Surely you'd want to be driving it round in weather like this?? Wonder if the liquidators would be interested?

I believe it is now actually a 6 series BMW convertible... The Porche must have been getting too old! :eek:

I also understand the young Mr Dickson has started offering 'free' solar again, yet continues to 'forget to pay' those new surveyors that have been given the Steve Dickson B/S... Does he not realise that the Solar industry is actually quite small, and that people talk to each other???

Roll on the multiple court cases, I say!

aclphoneman

hello all, mr dickson and mr manley are at it again, the original business rented phone equipment from a medium sized company, they asked them to move the equipment from the ESG albert street site to the old offices of ESG which is the edward street business centre, redditch, they went into melt down when they realised that the phone company had migrated the original phone number to the new address (old address), new business name was born, energy reduction surveying Ltd, today they have done yet another runner as they are under more pressure, as they have continued to take deposits for installations that they would never complete.
the address for the company is located in the business park in stoke priory, bromsgrove, the telecoms company has just served a statuary winding up order on them, which means they cannot transfer the assetts of the business to another company, if they do this becomes a criminal case.

by the way the company accountants are based in Birmingham, guess what there name is, (Manleys) this is the father of the said James Maneley.
o what a wicked web they weave, but it will be brought to an end, the fancy cars will go, the nice big houses will be repossed.

expect a fight if you want your money back, mr dickson likes a good old fight at birmingham city football club, he is a real thug, as well as his brothers.

good luck all

carpentry

Skinsley wrote: »

Both Mr. Dickson's Porsche 911 convertible and his BMW 6 series convertible have recently been listed for sale on eBay but he never answers his phone or returns your call so that you can arrange to view the cars.

Phone number he lists on the eBay auctions to contact him is 07712 885252.

He also appears to sell a lot of dresses and women's shoes on eBay!

It would seem Steve Dickson has his car on Ebay again? Check out item number 251129444605 which closes on 18th August... He sold it originally for £16,100 on item number 251098414991 - the buyer left very bad feedback! (surprise surprise!). check his feedback history for yourself Username: sdickson78

As it happens, Steve Dickson has left feedback for his own company, as Energy Reduction UK are now also selling installed solar systems and LED lighting on Ebay!!! Check feedback written on 5th July for item number 200787233159, and I quote

"Great company to deal with - Would highly recommend to anyone looking for Solar" Buyer: sdickson78 ( 288) 05-Jul-12 10:33
Solar PV 16 Panel System Fully Installed by Expert Installers (#200787233159) £5,395.00 View Item

You can see more of their listings here: 200804772370

"Solar PV 16 Panel System Fully Installed by Expert Installers
Earn 14/20% on your Investment based on size/location"

A little bird came to my ear and whispered something interesting today...

Turns out, all Energy Reduction staff (with the exception of the senior managers - that'll be the 'Dickson' family and a couple of others) were sent home yesterday, after not being paid for around 3 weeks, and told they 'may' get paid at some point in the future...

Seems the door is closing on Energy Reduction UK! If you are owed money, please make sure you get your claim in through the courts before they disappear for good!

There Ebay business account gives the following registered address, which may be of some assistance to you all:

[Text removed by MSE Forum Team]
28a Harris Business Park, Hanbury Road
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B60 4DJ
United Kingdom
Phone: 0121487676
Email: sales@energyreductionuk.co.uk

Good luck!
:beer:

byronc_2

I recieved my panels, did not pay 500 - from energy reduction uk.
Problem is they have not paid the installers for the equipment.
Now I want to sell my house and there are no documents, buyers lawyers wants these and now what? - no house sale.
Phoned the installer and they are instituting legal action and are going to go around - uninstalling the free panels...

Dadofmany

Well the little birdy in our ears has been busy, my parents were ripped off by this low life and his company and are still continuing to fight to get there money returned. However they were told some very interesting info recently.Now trading as new company which we all know about, his staff are either not being paid or paid short each week. In an apparent belt tightening exercise his wife down sized the audi to ...wait for it....a Range Rover!! And there are ( unsubstantiated ) rumours that their house is to be repossessed but strange how they have suddenly moved out?! Beggars belief that this man has not been brought to justice, I am no lawyer by any means but surely his behaviour and the activites of his company are fraudulent? I am strongly urging my parents to put the matter in the hands of their solicitor.

Cardew

Dadofmany wrote: »

I am no lawyer by any means but surely xxxxxxxxxxx .

Welcome to the forum.

I suggest you delete the xxxx part of your post - and I will delete this post - I have sent you a PM.

LittleVermin

Energy Saving Improvements Ltd (company 06857113) - which traded as Energy Saving Group - is in liquidation. There was a court order of 9 October 2013 to wind up. Steve Dickson - known to BBC's Watchdog, various local radio stations, etc was a director. He is director number 913729236, and was born in 1978. More earlier in this thread!

The phoenix company from ESG - Energy Reduction Surveying Ltd (07024917) is now also in liquidation. Back in April 2013 there was a court order for Steve Dickson and James Manley and Energy Reduction UK (which traded as ERUK) - see http://www.redditchstandard.co.uk/2013/04/10/news-Court-order-for-solar-energy-firm-67811.html

Both ESG and ERUK offered 'free solar' - 'rent-a-roof' schemes.

Interestingly there's a newish company with a similar name J.D.Energy Reduction Ltd (07908430, incorporated 13 January 2012), in the same geographical area - with a first director named James Andrew John Dickson, born in 1952.

LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/) is a site where business and professional people put up their profiles and make connections with others. Companies too can post their profiles.

On LinkedIn you can find a Jim Dickson who is the MD at JD Energy Reduction Ltd. He also writes that he was UK Business Development Manager at Energy Saving Group ....and he's Sales Director at Vigortas. You can find more about him - and Vigortas (which does free solar) - here: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jim-dickson/1b/730/a9?trk=pub-pbmap

Vigortas? - that's company 07276132, incorporated 7 June 2010. James Dickson became a director on 18 July 2012. Vigortas is on LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/vigortas-limited/62/464/965

Interestingly there's also a Ryan Dickson who's ECO Projects Mgr at Vigortas. (ECO - Energy Companies Obligation). Here's Ryan Dickson on LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ryan-dickson/80/231/406 He got an A level in Accountancy and Business Management, at Solihull Sixth Form College, in 2008.

On LinkedIn Steven Dickson gives his profession as Managing Director. Here's his profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/steven-dickson/64/a59/794?trk=pub-pbmap

Of course all these people with the surname Dickson may have no family connection with each other ...Companies House, LinkedIn, etc are not part of Ancestry UK!
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Footnote. Lots of the links in my earlier posts have been removed - though they were all factual - usually with the links to external sources such as Companies House given. But Google does a brilliant job of caching MSE posts...

There are a few more posts in a related thread here: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/64228190#Comment_64228190
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