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spck ssg news notes info news notes and info about the former spck bookshops spck ssg news notes info news notes and info about the former spck bookshops skip to content home chichester durham help contact evidence jobs why advertise here facts figures news archives index of indexes employment tribunal reports index tinyurl index what s on diary archives art gallery collecting the evidence downloads photo album poet s corner read me spck ssg my story by phil groom who s who brewer bus collection welcome keep up to date subscribe today rss email archives art gallery contact downloads evidence index of indexes photo album poet s corner who s who this page last updated apr 16th 2012 for latest posts see the sidebar welcome to spck ssg news notes and info this site was set up to provide a news portal and discussion forum during the rundown of the former spck bookshops by the brewer brothers it s now largely an archive site but remains open for comments discussion and occasional news items if you re looking for one of the former spck bookshops try these cardiff churches together bookshop chichester st olav s durham durham cathedral shop leicester christian resources lincoln unicorn tree books norwich christian resource centre contributors include phil groom the blog s founder david keen phelim mcintyre and matt wardman please contact phil if you would like to join the team make suggestions or have any questions about the blog s admin or structure all comments are welcome but please read this page before you post thank you setting the scene spck ssg my story by phil groom personal statement 7th august 2008 hard questions for spck challenging spck 8th august 2008 straight talking from spck official statement from spck 12th august 2008 in october 2006 the former spck bookshops and their associated websites were entrusted by spck to the saint stephen the great charitable trust ssg under the control of messrs philip and mark brewer unfortunately shops and staff alike suffered in the transition to new ownership leading to staff departures branch closures and uncertainty over opening times for those that remained in november 2007 spck withdrew ssg s licence to trade under the spck name but throughout 2008 the name was still in use over most of the remaining shops and as of january 2009 was still being used on till receipts in at least one branch reports emerging during june 2008 indicated a deepening crisis ssg filed for bankruptcy in the usa whilst ownership and control of the shops was transferred to a new company also registered to the brewers called enc management company the durham and chichester shops were reconstituted as independent trading companies but remained under the brewers personal control in july 2008 mark brewer attempted to silence reporting on this affair by issuing cease and desist warnings and threats of legal action against several reporters including dave walker phil groom and clem jackson of christian marketplace magazine this backfired spectacularly leading to an explosion of reporting and reposting of dave walker s material across the blogosphere for more about this see the please read page explore the links in the news index or read this review of the dave walker reposts on 28th august 2008 however the bankruptcy filing was dismissed with prejudice by the texas bankruptcy courts and was described by the judge as having been submitted in bad faith that is as done for a wrong or improper purpose the bookseller 5 september 2008 issue no 5348 p 6 shortly after this on 24th september 2008 the brewers sold the exeter shop for 507 000 it is now trading as a jewellery and gift store exeter the inside incomplete story part 1 exeter the inside incomplete story part 2 welcome to gemstar jewellery and gifts exeter exeter the incomplete story part 4 exeter more missing pieces and threats of violence melanie carrol s accounts of events surrounding the closure of the lincoln branch give some idea of the kind of behaviour that was exhibited by the brewers how the shop was closed how the shop was temporarily forcibly reopened many of the shop workers who were forced out of their jobs by the brewers were supported through a series of employment tribunals by usdaw which eventually resulted in a total payout of 301 500 distributed between the 32 shop workers who were usdaw members many others however have yet to receive any compensation for their mistreatment by the brewers in april 2009 the charity commission seized control of ssg and appointed an interim manager to manage the charity s affairs which led to the closure of the remaining shops and the sale of the company s assets in november 2009 creditors were invited to submit claims for monies owed the status of any claims made has yet to be disclosed notices posted here are based upon the best available information at the time of posting with the exception of a few shops that struck out independently such as chichester leicester and norwich all of the former spck ssg bookshops have now ceased trading terms of use terms of use are specified at the bottom of the sidebar 14 responses to welcome pingback dave walker spck bookshops campaign moving soon the wardman wire pingback save durham cathedral s bookshop alan mann pingback quest for enlightenment spck ssg news notes info pingback durham cathedral bookshop one month on spck ssg news notes info pingback pages rearranged spck ssg news notes info pingback chichester durham third space books updating ukcbd entries spck ssg news notes info pingback new to the spck ssg story or just feeling lost spck ssg news notes info pingback response to durham cathedral expulsion of shop lessee from durham cathedral shop pingback response to durham cathedral expulsion of shop lessee from durham cathedral shop spck ssg news notes info pingback the revenge of lilliput former spck bookshop campaign blog passes 150k visitors the wardman wire pingback the revenge of lilliput former spck bookshop campaign blog passes 150k visitors online journalism blog pingback the revenge of lilliput former spck bookshop campaign blog passes 150k visitors phil groom february 12 2011 at 3 39 pm reply some light relief for you all david cameron weighs in on the spck ssg bookshops saga apparently chris heath may 3 2013 at 11 46 pm reply i was the manager of the exeter shop when we were called to a meeting in london and were intoduced to our new owners the brewers at the ending of the meeting we were supposed to exit and shake their hands i chose to exit out of another door i was with christina the cambridge manager the lady in charge of running the shops for the brewers was sitting on the stairs in tears they are liars liars they had said she knew they were taking over and was totally supportive she had no idea at all of what was happening she felt colleagues would think she had not been honest with them and had deceived them i went with christina to a cafe my first words to here were they are crooks i was right leave a comment cancel reply δ search for latest post charity commission releases report on the spck ssg bookshops welcome this site was set up to provide a news portal and discussion forum during the rundown of the former spck bookshops by the brewer brothers it s now largely an archive site but remains open for comments discussion and occasional news items recent comments rachel on steve jeynes rip charity commission p on charity commission releases re melissa on j mark brewer the people ewan gear on steve jeynes rip phil groom on freeholds reclaimed disbursem martin on freeholds reclaimed disbursem carole burrows on freeholds reclaimed disbursem phil groom on welcome to worcester phil groom on durham cathedral shop re phil groom on truro christian bookshop busi subscribe get new post notifications by email email address hit me join 673 other subscribers recent posts charity commission releases report on the spck ssg bookshops final settlement with ssg worth over a 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