Bob Edmiston, chairman of the secretive Midlands Industrial Council which funds Cameron's Tories, is back in the national news - this time over contracts apprently given to companies he runs by Academies which he has sponsored.Last year Mr Edmiston's nomination by the Tories for a peerage was blocked by the House of Lords Appointments Committee.
The Guardian previously reported that before he was put forward for a peerage, Edmiston loaned the Conservative Party £2 million. He has since been interviewed by police as part of the 'cash for honours' inquiry.
Mr Edmiston is multi-millionaire car dealer and property developer and was later revealed as life member and chairman of the MIC - whose registered offices are in the sleepy village of Bassingham, near Lincoln. He was included in my dossier on its members which I published HERE last autumn.
Yesterday, the Guardian ran a front page story on Mr Edmiston's involvement in an Academy school in the West Midlands.
The newspaper reported that The Grace Academy in Solihull - sponsored by Mr Edmiston - has awarded three contracts worth £281,000 to the IM Group, a company which he owns, without apparently asking for bids from other organisations.
Hat-tip to Brynley...
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