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Plymouth Brethren Christian Church aka The Exclusive Brethren
Led by Sydney based businessman Bruce Hales, The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church is a tiny sect, with circa 50,000 members worldwide.
Located mainly in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, United States and Canada. They also have a very small number of followers in Argentina, The Caribbean, France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany & Sweden. The UK membership is approx. 15,000 members & they have amassed incredible wealth. We investigate the secretive & controversial sect. |
Latest Investigations
Hales the real Covid winnersOver £3 Billion of the covid contracts awarded to Brethren members across the world, 85% of which, went to companies linked to the family of church leader, the elect Vessel, Bruce Hales
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Open & Candid on BlackballedThanks to James DiFiore for inviting our founder Damian Hastie, on to his Blackballed podcast, to discuss the business & political links of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.
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Trade together, Pray togetherSect companies & their meeting room, all fenced in, with the gate closed. Welcome to Carnforth, Lancashire, where the PBCC trade & pray together in their own charter village.
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THE UKBDH 100
The 100 companies, owned by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church (Exclusive Brethren), that won either UK Government, Regional Government covid contracts, part of framework agreements or were included on local & national government recommended lists. A total value of contracts worth circa £2.6 billion.
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Unispace Global
Sterilab Services Inivos Origin Packaging Clandeboye Agencies Tower Supplies Techniclean Supply Accora Agile Medical Creative Activity Group Kingsbury Press* Centrado Trading Toffeln Blueleaf Bryson Products Corecare Global Carlton Packaging Oakdene Services (1925) Ascot Signs Lion Safety Nexon Healthcare Protec Healthcare AUK Supplies Denmore Press AST Global Sourcing Harmony Fire Allgroup LLP Bridge Valley Group Selmach ProGarm Lapwing Cottonmount Trading Slater Safety |
Sante Global
GDC Healthcare Lindum Packaging Halco Europe Occura Healthcare CMT Group Specialist Door Soultions Oska Care Selkent Medical Yewdale Corporation Eastpoint Streamline Corporate Innova Care Concepts Springfield Supplies & Projects Orcagel Denka UK SMI Int Group Total Protection (UK) Southgate Packaging* Acopia Group Lovair TGS (UK) Castle EU Eclipse Furniture Heathbrook Workwear Innotech McKinleys Group Plus Packaging Duraflor Otterdene Brookhouse Blake Envelopes Olsons Group Denmore Protection |
Medco Solutions
AES Industrial Supplies Bronze Architecture Fairfield Care Products Arrow County Supplies Aero Healthcare Giftfinder Baca Workwear & Safety Klipspringer Hornbeck Team Archer Marketing Castle Industrial Supplies CID Products Clad Safety CPP Trading Group Hallmark Workwear & Safety Medaco Onyx - Safepro Industrial Supplies Oxford Safety Supplies Protective Wear Supplies (PWS) Springfield Business Papers Tudor Environmental Ureka Global Rhino Sensory Stonegate Tooling VIC Group Venta Global V12 Footwear Stronghold Global Wearertech STS Flamepro Global Sentura Group |
James De Fiore Blackballed Podcasts
The excellent Blackball Media series by James De Fiore focusing on the Exclusive Brethren. Interviews with a number of ex members and their stories.
Covid Contract UK Winners £2.6 Billion from Government Contracts
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Medco Solutions
Unispace Global* - Sante Group Sterilab Services Inivos Origin Packaging Clandeboye Agencies Tower Supplies Techniclean Supply Accora Agile Medical Creative Activity Group Kingsbury Press* Centrado Trading Toffeln Blueleaf Bryson Products Corecare Global Carlton Packaging Oakdene Services (1925) Ascot Signs Lion Safety |
GDC Healthcare
Lindum Packaging Halco Europe Occura Healthcare CMT Group Specialist Door Soultions Oska Care Selkent Medical Yewdale Corporation Eastpoint Streamline Corporate Innova Care Concepts Springfield Supplies & Projects Orcagel Denka UK SMI Int Group Total Protection (UK) Southgate Packaging* Acopia Group Lovair TGS (UK) |
AES Industrial Supplies
Bronze Architecture Fairfield Care Products Arrow County Supplies Aero Healthcare Giftfinder Baca Workwear & Safety Klipspringer Hornbeck Team Archer Marketing Castle Industrial Supplies CID Products Clad Safety CPP Trading Group Hallmark Workwear & Safety Medaco Onyx - Safepro Industrial Supplies Oxford Safety Supplies Protective Wear Supplies (PWS) Springfield Business Papers Tudor Environmental Ureka Global |
* sold after contracts awarded
Brethren UK Finances
A "fag packet" look at the Brethren UK Finances, Covid Profits, Grace Trust, Oneschool Global UK, Rapid Relief Team
Canadian PPE Contract
Open & Candid have reported on over £2.6 Billion covid contracts wins in the UK, USA & Australia, Press Progress in Canada report on one awarded to an Oil Lubricants company!
Veracity Breaking Brethren - A Canadian documentary
Breaking Brethren is a brilliant Canadian documentary which airs the views of a number of ex members
Influencing Elections
Plymouth Brethren members linked to donations to right wing think tanks at election time.
Profit or Prophet?
The astonishing Covid contract update for companies ran by members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, how they were awarded contracts worth £2.2 billion. The hundreds of connections that link 54 companies ran by members of the very small Plymouth Brethren Church members
The Times
The Times report on the covid contracts awarded to the Plymouth Brethren, in conjunction with us here at Open & Candid. It is good to see some mainstream coverage
Beckenham Charity
The remarkable links between the 5 trustees of the Albacore Gospel Hall Trust charity and the £2 billion pounds of Covid contracts awarded to 17 companies
Michelle Donelan MP
Exclusive! The award of Government contracts, the Conservative MP for Chippenham Michelle Donelan, Young Britons Foundation, family ties, PPE contracts, a gospel hall, a 400 year old pub and at the heart of it the Plymouth Brethren
Testing, Testing £100, £200, £300 million
Covid testing is proving a real hit for two or maybe 3 companies, with Medco Solutions (surely one of the UK's fastest growing businesses) building on their PPE contracts and Sterilabs of Harrogate joining the party to take the Covid Contracts awarded to companies owned by Plymouth Brethren members to around £2 billion!
Grace Growth through PPE
Brethren charity reaps the award of the pandemic. The latest accounts from the Grace Trust show an increase in income of circa £25 million for 2020, driven by PPE trading
Original Prophet or Profit?
The remarkable story of 51 companies winning £1.3 billion of Covid-19 contracts
Behind the Plymouth Brethren
A selection of videos from 1970's to the present day, where the Plymouth Brethren have featured in the media
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