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Daniel Thwaites PLC originally failed to pay 5 outstanding invoices when unfortunately Rick Bailey became involved in this dispute and his ill considered response triggered a number of Default notices being published on the Internet by their Creditor which in turn created even more overdue invoices and consequently more Default notices. This pattern of events continued until some months later when Daniel Thwaites main shareholder intervened and encouraged Rick Bailey to contact the Creditor with a view to settling the dispute.

On the 17 May 2022

Rick Bailey phoned the Creditor but at the start of their discussion the Creditor insisted that Thwaites had to pay all 25 overdue invoices that amounted to £11,550 before negotiations leading to settlement could take place, Richard Bailey countered by saying he couldn’t accept that condition and consequently this opportunity ended in failure.

Following on from that phone call the Creditor faced the inevitable conclusion that Rick Bailey was clearly unconcerned about the effect these Default notices were having on Thwaites reputation. So it was a little later in June 2022 that the Creditor decided the current style of Default notice was not fit for purpose and therefore would require a complete rethink. But first he needed to carry out a lot of research about Daniel Thwaites from its origins up to the present day and the more he investigated the more useful and relevant data was uncovered.

Sometime later the Creditor discovered that in 2014 Thwaites was made the laughing stock of Blackburn when unhappy brewery workers switched off crucial neon letters at the top of their Brewery tower such that THWAITES was changed to TWATS. Furthermore when the national press got hold of the story it went nationwide and this was quickly followed by social media which helped promote it worldwide. It later transpired that Rick Bailey played a pivotal role in this nightmare scenario because he was their Chief Executive at the time. This discovery encouraged the Creditor to carry on the research for a couple of months longer and it was well worthwhile.

With all this additional data in place the Creditor set about introducing a completely new Default notice that would prove to be much more effective in future. This was a massive undertaking for a 1 man outfit and in August 2022 the Creditor began to work longer and longer hours and more often than not seven days a week, it was really demanding work and this meant routinely starting at 5am on most days.

Eventually after months of hard work the new Default notice started to take shape and it had so much potential that it was no longer hard work and the final result was a reward in itself particularly when he paid homage to the ingenuity of those brewery workers when he specifically integrated their original idea into some of the new designs.

Following on from this the Creditor decided to develop an innovative network of some 200 pages that would incorporate the new Default notices with the specific objective on focussing on Thwaites pubs, hotels and inns and highlight their bad reviews. This latest development will hopefully cause Daniel Thwaites PLC's directors and shareholders to question the mentality of Rick Bailey’s decision not to authorise payment of those 5 overdue invoices back in March 2022.

At the beginning of November 2022

A comprehensive beta-testing period started for the new Default network that would last for a couple of months. In the meantime there was the little matter of invoicing Thwaites for all the hard work it entailed.

At the beginning of January 2023

The Creditor launched the first of the new Default networks that also included 1,000’s of backlinks targeting Thwaites most mischievous Default notices which incidentally are coloured to co-ordinate with its associated network. Naturally Blackburn was chosen as the location for the first network because it is where Daniel Thwaites headquarters are located nearby and Clitheroe, Lancaster and Settle quickly followed in close order.

On the 8 February 2023

Nearly 12 months after the first Default notices started to appear on the Internet Rick Bailey contacted Daniel Thwaites lawyers (Addleshaw Goddard) and instructed them to launch a high court action citing the Creditor’s company with the objective of petitioning the court to order the removal of all offending Default notices. On the 6 March 2023 the Creditor responded to the solicitor's letter and at this juncture there were 41 outstanding invoices totalling £71,175.00.

As of the 14 November 2024

The latest statement records the total outstanding invoices are £233,065.00

Just a thought

Who knows maybe when Rick Bailey views this site he might reflect that during the past 12 months perhaps he should have been more proactive in curtailing the proliferation of so many sites designed to call into question Thwaites creditworthiness which still continues to harm its good name. But being the unmittigated twat he is, all he really cares about is his own self-importance.

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