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Billions in public funds have awarded in PPE contracts since the start of the pandemic, often to woefully unfit or politically adjacent entities, and without any official oversight.

Below we take a look back at 20 of the most shocking revelations uncovered since March:
1. Ayanda Capital - £252.5 million:

Eye-watering amount of money spent on 50 million FFP2 face masks bought from a "family office" investment firm based in a tax haven. None were usable.

Ayanda also have a senior adviser sitting on the board of trade. https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-masks-not-fit-for-purpose/">https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-...
5. Pestfix - £345.7 million:

A third of a million of public money spent on a acquiring gowns, (faulty) face masks, and gloves from a company with no background in PPE supply and no material assets, with at least 5 further contracts yet to be uncovered. https://goodlawproject.org/news/more-money-to-pestfix/">https://goodlawproject.org/news/more...
6. Randox - £133 million:

Randox were handed a 133m contract in March to produce testing kits for the UK. Conservative politician Owen Paterson is a paid consultant for the company. Use of the kits was then halted due to safety concerns. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/08/up-to-750000-uk-randox-covid-test-kits-recalled-over-safety-concerns">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
7. Serco - £211.8 million:

Heading up the catastrophic test-and-trace system is Serco, issued 4 huge government contracts since the start of the pandemic, the firm are deeply embattled their repeated failures in handling the work. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/15/sack-serco-boris-johnson-addiction-outsourcing/">https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/1...
9. Clandeboye Agencies - £108 million:

Another Brethren-linked company via director Nick Walker, of the Brethren-owned One School Trust. Clandeboye Agencies received a massive PPE contract despite primarily selling wholesale confectionery products. https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-supplied-by-a-sweet-wholesaler/">https://goodlawproject.org/news/ppe-...
11. Excalibur Healthcare Services - £135.5 million:

A contract handed for the supply of ventilators to a business linked to the Isle of Man, a tax haven. The firm was incorporated on January with only one shareholder, Ectoplasm Limited. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/01/135-million-government-contract-ventilators-offshore-linked-firm/">https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/0...
13. Alpha Solway - £11 million:

Six further PPE contracts issued to Globus Shetland owner Haraldur Agustsson, bringing the total won by his collective firms since the start of the pandemic up to £104 million. https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1319639871129063424?s=20">https://twitter.com/allthecit...
Our friends at @BylineTimes, @GoodLawProject, and @openDemocracy have been diligently uncovering worrying contracts for months.

With new agreements still being issued, the scale of the problem is only truly coming to light now, so join @allthecitizens and help us uncover more:
If reading about these contracts concerned you, and if you want to be a part of the effort to hold our government to account, have a look at our thread to find out how you can get involved in scrutinising the deals our government is making with our money: https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1319601008457154565?s=20">https://twitter.com/allthecit...
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