A care provider with offices based in Lincoln, and offering services across the county, has been placed into administration, but all jobs are safe according to the firm’s CEO.
Anneka Mansell owns 11 businesses, including Annicare Ltd, which has an offices at The Forum in North Hykeham.
Annicare is a provider of qualified, verified nurses, carers and support workers to the NHS, residential schools, forensic and non-forensic secure wards, the prison service, care/nursing homes, along with individual clients.
Sarah Bell and Steven Muncaster of Duff & Phelps Ltd were appointed as Joint Administrators of Annicare Ltd on November 13, 2019, prompting speculation that it could close, but the CEO said this is not the case.
There are 33 office staff in Lincoln and 400+ temp staff and contracts, which have all since been transferred over with no loss of hours. It has transferred over to another of Anneka’s businesses Annicare North Limited, which has five branches covering Lincoln, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leicester and Birmingham.
Annicare North Limited continues to trade as normal.
Anneka, who is from Lincoln, told The Lincolnite that she offered HMRC a CVA and asked for a 12 month period, but claimed it was declined in October. She then applied against a judge to stop a winding up order and administrators were appointed.
Anneka Mansell owns 11 businesses, including Annicare Ltd.
She said: “All the business are ran individually. There was one bad debt at Annicare Ltd, so that side of the business had to go into administration.
“All the staff and contracts transferred over to my company Annicare North. They were given the choice to transfer over which they all did.
“My business will assist in collecting the debt over the next 12 months and we are not allowed any further debt, then Annicare Ltd will become insolvent.
“There have been and will be no redundancies. We still continue to be committed to be the biggest and best healthcare provider in Lincolnshire.”
A further statement from the company added: “In order to protect our employees from unscrupulous competitors or detractors we confirm that we will act upon any misleading statements or calls to our current and prospective client base.
“The previous management team have left the organisation and have since been replaced by industry leading professionals who are committed to taking the AnniGroup forward into the future with 2020 just around the corner.”
A statement from the administrators said: “A sale of the business and certain assets of Annicare Ltd was completed on November 13, 2019 to Annicare North Limited via a pre-packaged Administration sale. Annicare North Limited is a connected party by way of common directorship and shareholding.
“All staff of Annicare Ltd transferred across to Annicare North Limited under TUPE regulations as at the date of the sale and Annicare North Limited continues to trade.”
Anneka Mansell set up Annicare Ltd after her brother suffered an extensive brain injury.
Annicare Ltd has been going as a group since 2012 and was established on the back of Anneka’s brother, Matthew Steel, suffering an extensive brain injury at the age of 12 in a crash in October 2009.
He spent the next three years in hospital and a care package was needed for him, but as he was so complex nobody would take this on so Anneka took it on herself until he became an adult and transitioned over to adult services.
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A pair of anti-vaxxers have decided to temporarily stop sharing conspiracy theories on Facebook and stage a protest at a roundabout in Lincoln instead.
The duo were spotted on the Riseholme roundabout on the A15 on Friday afternoon, armed with misinformation signs that appear to suggest England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has an “evil agenda”.
The protest signs appeared to be against child vaccinations, which suggests that the UK’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation were against young people being jabbed, despite a statement in July saying the Pfizer dose had been authorised for use in people aged 12 and over.
They seem to be at loggerheads with Lincolnshire’s own Jonathan Van-Tam, none other than England’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer, who urged people this week to “trust professionals, not Instagram” as fake propaganda posted on social media is being attributed to vaccine hesitancy.
Another sign held up spouts rhetoric about heart problems from the COVID-19 vaccine, while a third notice shows children with masks on and reads: “Is this the future we want for our kids?”
For reference, in case you cannot make it to the Lincolnshire Showground for your vaccination, there will be a free shuttle bus service to take you to and from the jab site starting next week. Read more here.
Up to 86% of adults in Lincolnshire are double-jabbed, and over 25% of 12-15-year-olds.
A special lights show celebrating Lincolnshire’s plants will take place at Boultham Park on Saturday.
The Lincspirational Lightshow will start at 5.30pm on October 23 after the original event was postponed earlier this month due to the weather forecast.
The free show is the final of event of Lincolnshire Wildlife Trusts’ LoveLincsPlants project.
The evening will feature a lightshow parade, artwork projects, park illuminations and music inspired by nature from Sinfonia Viva. During the event the 30 artworks created by the public will be projected onto a large screen.
There will also be an opportunity to bid on the 130 artworks submitted as part of the exhibition. They will be available via an online action, with the 30 winning pieces starting at £40.
The evening will feature a lightshow parade, artwork projects, park illuminations, and more. | Photo: Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
The money raised from the sale of the artworks will help fund nature’s recovery in Lincolnshire. It will also help the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust create wildflower rich habitats across the county.
Lincolnshire County Council’s Labour Group will call on the Conservative-led authority to rethink its policy of turning off street lights in built-up areas overnight.
The present situation, introduced in 2016, means that most street lights in Lincolnshire are turned off at midnight, as the council said in March this year that lighting has “no impact” on night-time crime levels.
This statement came after a petition signed by over 5,000 people demanded that street lights were kept on overnight following the death of Sarah Everard in London this year.
The response to Sarah Everard’s death was one of concern for women’s safety, to which the council responded by saying “women’s safety is about much more than street lights.”
A memorial for Sarah Everard in Lincoln on university campus. | Photo: The Lincolnite
More than half of Lincolnshire’s street lights were turned off in 2016 as the council looked to save £1.7 million, and despite the petition and concerns raised, just one parish council asked for lights to be switched back on in 12 months, according to the county’s highways chief.
Now Kev Clarke, Labour County Councillor for Boultham Division in Lincoln and member of Lincolnshire County Council Highways Scrutiny Committee, will be raising the issue at the next meeting on Monday, October 25.
He will be calling for a review of LCC’s street lighting policy, and asking for the council to consider the possibility of keeping the lights on overnight.
Councillor Clarke argues: “After recent sad events – attacks on females – a lot of people feel unsafe and anxious when walking home at night when the county is plunged into darkness at midnight.
“Lincoln is being promoted as a university city with young people leaving home for the first time and moving to Lincoln to study here and gain a first class education. Wonder if the parents were told that lights go off, if so they may look at other locations for their children.
“To boost our local economy we want to attract visitors to Lincoln to visit not only as day–trippers, but to stay over for longer periods to enjoy the benefits of the city and county – one of which is not the turning off of the lights.
“Labour County Councillors are not alone in this plea to Lincolnshire County Council to review the current street lighting policy particularly in Lincoln before it’s too late. Students at the University of Lincoln also want to see changes to the current policy.”
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