Police hunting two men who fled empty handed after blowing up a cash machine have appealed for infomation. A cordon was put in place in Sale town centre and bomb disposal experts were scrambled to the ATM outside Tescos after the explosion.
03.11.2023 - 20:17 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A company that claimed to be raising money to fight knife crime has been hit with a hefty fine for illegally collecting money in Manchester.
Staff from the social enterprise Inside Success were found to be asking for donations of anywhere from £1 to one million pounds, despite the company not being a registered charity. In one case a collector from the company even targeted and pressured a child into donating.
Manchester City Council’s Licensing and Hour of Hours Team began investigating the company in March last year. Officers witnessed employees of Inside Success taking donations from members of the public on numerous occasions despite the company not having a permit to collect money and not being a registered charity.
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Under the Police and Factories Act 1916, it is illegal for money to be collected on the street without a permit. In January of this year the Fundraising Regulator concluded that Inside Success had breached the Code of Fundraising Practice after an investigation was held into complaints made by members of the public against the company over two years.
Complaints included employees intimidating members of the public to obtain donations. Following the issuing of the regulator’s final decision, 31 new complaints from members of the public were received.
In Manchester, eyewitness reports said collectors asked the public to make any kind of donation, saying anywhere from £1 to one million pounds could be donated.
A parent also told Manchester City Council that their child had
Police hunting two men who fled empty handed after blowing up a cash machine have appealed for infomation. A cordon was put in place in Sale town centre and bomb disposal experts were scrambled to the ATM outside Tescos after the explosion.
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