“The current owners/directors/operators of Caledonian Moving & Storage and MoveCare (both defacto "trading as" names for Move Store (Glasgow) Ltd., as well as "trading as" names for Air Road Sea Experts Limited) are desperate to salvage some part of their already complicated gordion knot of associated companies (stretching back more than a decade). Several of these companies are involved in ongoing and long-term disputes with customers in Glasgow, the greater UK, and abroad.
The father and son owners have operated a succession of associated limited liability removal and storage companies as Directors, de facto Directors, company Secretaries, and ex-Directors. More recently, the owners have stated their intention to cease trading as Caledonian Moving & Storage and MoveCare, and instead return to trading as SmartSpace Storage (which was definitively struck-off in 2017). It's unclear what the interrelated nature of the companies actually looks like from a legal standpoint and why the owners feel they can simply start where they left off with SmartSpace.
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It appears a flurry of action has been taken because the Herald Scotland article (and possible follow-up later this week, and STV news report) has generated new interest by enforcement bodies, and a steady stream of new victims. The editor of the Herald tweeted his support by retweeting the story with a note that the Director of the companies had sent a legal letter and reported the reporter to the police in order to prevent the article from being published.
Rather than continue to pursue a small claim, I have instead chosen to help shine a light on the wantonly unfair business practices, and those of close family members who own and operate companies.
The information I include below is widely and publicly available.
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18239711.customers- hit-items-storage- caledonian-moving-storage-
go-missing/? fbclid=IwAR2KmmpvgA9khF2tmUus5Vo1B7yzdjNiZ_F42qyQlWWvEX_DXW6
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18239477.storage- firm-customers-hit- missing-damaged-
belongings/
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5291002/glasgow-caledonian-moving- storing-punters-angry/
https://www.commercialmotor.com/news/o- licence-revoked-allowing-out-control- son-take- over
Caledonian Moving & Storage
(SC392650, struck-off 15/05/2015): https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC392650
Smart Space (Scotland) Ltd
(SC538054, struck-off 28/11/2017): https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC538054
Move Store (Glasgow) Ltd
(SC594840, struck-off 24/09/2019, restored
09/10/2019, t/a MoveCare) https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC594840
Air Road Sea Experts Ltd
(SC626781, dormant in Aug/Sep 2019): https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC626781
David Howie, current defacto Director for MoveCare, Move Store (Glasgow) Ltd, current Director of Air Road Sea Experts Ltd, former Director of SmartSpace Storage, defacto Director for Caledonian Moving & Storage:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/2WCn33QpZsjSus5u1F2XHobjb
James Howie, former Director of Caledonian Moving & Storage:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/yMONKzenu5jrvtg4MhGDw74Ia
James Gibson Howie, current director for MoveCare, Move Store (Glasgow) Ltd:
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/v- ycxewqdBBDLVETehf0bSjVMAs/appointments”
