News about Michelle Mone

How Carol Vorderman transformed herself from a mousy maths whizz on Countdown to a wannabe political heavyweight - as she announces new book about 'fixing what's wrong with Britain'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 4, 2024
She also referred to her work on Instagram as a 'roaring call to arms' advising the internet of Britain's unraveling and how we should speak out and stand up for what we believe in.' I'm pulling no punches and sharing some eye-watering (and amusing) tales you hadn't heard before,' she teased. 'Can you guess some of the names which might feature?'

Doug Barrowman, Michelle Mone's businessman, has been cleared of involvement in a £5.5 million tax evasion scam.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2024
If found, Michelle Mone, the father of four children, would have been sentenced to up to five and a half years in jail. However, the threat of a hanging over his head was removed today after he learned he had been cleared of all charges. The three trial judges found him not guilty by the other six British businessmen in the northern Spanish port city of Santander over six days at the end of January and the start of February. They were charged with misappropriation and tax evasion after they were connected to a 2008 cable factory purchase.

Cameron defends his decision to nominate Baroness Bra Michelle Mone for a peerage

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 12, 2024
David Cameron has defended his decision to nominate Michelle Mone for a peerage as she and her husband face allegations of corruption and bribery. After being called forward by the then Prime Minister, Baroness Mone was made a Tory life peer in 2015. During the pandemic, the lingerie tycoon lobbied the Cabinet Office to recruit lucrative PPE Medpro, a company in which her husband Doug Barrowman was involved. Through the so-called VIP channel, the company was then offered contracts to supply the NHS with personal protection equipment (PPE). However, the couple are now under scrutiny by the National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of a money laundering probe into PPE Medpro.

'Baroness Bra' Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman sell their £19million Belgravia townhouse once listed as a 'frozen asset' - amid probe into Covid PPE scandal

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 11, 2024
The six-bedroom house in Eaton Terrace, central London, was put on an interim court order as part of a £75 million worth of property that could be confiscated if the couple were charged with the Covid PPE case. However, the house was sold in autumn alongside their £6.8 million Lady M Yacht, which became widely known after Tory peer, 52, posted a snapshot of her on the mega boat saying, "Professional isn't straightforward." However, it is rewarding.'

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a member of the City of Davos, is chastised, as well as his pal Lord Dominic Johnson

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 10, 2024
However, Rees-Mogg man would need to inform Lord Johnson, the Investment Minister, with whom he co-founded hedge fund Somerset Capital in 2007. His lordship spent a considerable time at this year's Davos gathering, going so far as to say that the festival had provided 'terrible opportunities' to highlight the UK's technological and investment credentials. With mates like that...

Despite later admitting to profit from the company's £200 million contract, 'Baroness Bra' Michelle Mone told authorities that she will not profit personally from the venture.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 8, 2024
The Tory peer argued that PPE Medpro, which she and her husband Doug Barrowman's investment, did not have any financial gain whatsoever," according to emails sent to the Cabinet Office. She told The Guardian that she had "no conflict of interest" in 2020, five months before she was allegedly transferred to a trust for her benefit. Lady Mone, who was dubbed Baroness Bra because of her lingerie business, has later stated that PPE Medpro will continue to help her. In the emails, she said, 'My job is to ensure that the NHS achieves its PPE goals and ultimately save lives.' Lady Mone, 52, said her husband, 58, was 'passionate about the NHS, and she wanted to help' during the crisis by negotiating lower rates.

CRAIG BROWN: Michelle, don't moan...Do do a good deed

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2024
CRAIG BROWN: Michelle Mone and her partner Doug Barrowman have brought together a large team of people to help them restore their image in the wake of all their woes, Doug Barrowman and her husband's wife's divorce. They include solicitor Dan Morrison, whose website boasts him as a 'active litigator; Dan Jukes, who used to be Nigel Farage's chief of communications; and Arthur Lancaster, 'a long-time business associate of the Duke of York.' With that lot on board, what could possibly go wrong? To help them become more popular, the majority of people use PR to make them more popular. Mone and Barrowman, on the other hand, are the opposite: they are yearning for anonymity after being buried in the headlines for far too long. Might I suggest a much cheaper way of going about it? Only £48.32 to update your name by deed poll, a real bargain in these inflationary times.

Michelle Mone's frozen assets include: £10 million Glasgow property collection, Belgravia townhouse, and the Isle of Man estate are among those affected by Covid PPE's investigation

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 4, 2024
According to a court order, anti-corruption investigators have frozen £75 million in assets linked to Baroness Michelle Mone and her partner Douglas Barrowman. Following a request by investigators probing allegations of fraud at a PPE company linked to the pair that was established during the pandemic, the funds were frozen or restrained on December 18, 2017 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. The order prohibits the selling of the couple's £10 million Glasgow property, the Isle of Man estate, and the townhouse in Belgravia, London.

Doug Barrowman, Tory peer Michelle Mone's husband, has admitted to playing'senior' role in the purchase of a £16 million Spanish cable factory at the center of his fraud and embezzlement lawsuit

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2024
After being arrested and convicted of a five-and-a-half years in jail and a six-figure fine hanging over his head, Doug Barrowman exercised his right to refuse questions from prosecutors. Borja Castiella, his defence lawyer and the only one he has been asked to be 'fast,' before rattling off only 16 questions to his wealthy client in less than eight minutes. Any of the Glasgow-born father-of-four's answers in English, translated into Spanish by a translator sitting alongside him at the Provincial Court of Cantabria in the northern port city of Santander, were only a few words long. Barrowman arrived at court flanked by two guys in suits and then left the court by a back door before getting into a taxi. Baroness Mone, 52, did not appear at the court in Santander for the new installment of his trial.

Tory peer Michelle Mone's billionaire husband Doug Barrowman goes on trial in Spain for 'tax evasion scam' - and faces five years in prison if found guilty

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2024
'Baroness Bra's husband appeared in Spanish court today to face the charges, but he failed in an attempt to get the lawsuit dismissed straight away. Baroness Mone, 52, did not appear in court in Santander for the first day of his 58-year-old Barrowman's five-day trial, which may result in him going back to prison for up to five and a half years if convicted. Both couples are being prosecuted separately by the National Crime Agency for suspected misconduct over the distribution of more than £200 million in VIP lane Covid-19 contracts in 2020 to PPE Medpro, a company with which they were closely affiliated. Barrowman, along with six other convicted Britons, has been accused in Spain of profiting from a allegedly fraudulent €6.3 million invoice.

Doug Barrowman, Michelle Mone's businessman, 58, appears in a Spanish court to face allegations that he was complicit in a £5.5 million tax evasion scam.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 30, 2024
Baroness Mone, 52, did not appear at the court in Santander for the first day of 58-year-old Barrowman's five-day trial, which could result in his time in prison of up to five and a half years if convicted. The two couples are separately investigated by the National Crime Agency for suspected misconduct over the granting of over £200 million in VIP lane Covid-19 contracts in 2020 to PPE Medpro, a company with whom they were closely affiliated. In Spain, Barrowman is accused alongside six other suspect Britons of profiting from a n allegedly 'fraudulent' €6.3 million invoice. It was designed to avoid taxation and take millions of pounds out of B3 Cable Solutions' Spanish market B3 Cable Solutions, according to a UK company Axis Ventura in July 2008.

Why Baroness Bra's (equally flashy) husband earned £300 million from questionable tax avoidance schemes that killed thousands of people and resulted in two deaths

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2024
He was introduced as Doug Barrowman, a former chartered accountant who had reportedly 'built an empire after starting his own private equity firm,' dressed in wraparound sunglasses, with a champagne glass between his cocktail and sausage fingers.' On the Isle of Man, viewers were invited to cross the threshold of this flashy mega-mansion. A bar, games room, swimming pool, and spa were among the interiors. A fleet of supercars were parked outside, not far from the tennis court and helipad. 'I've got five homes around the world, and this is the biggest,' he boasted. 'Not bad for a rough-arsed Scots git from Glasgow !' Cameras were soon aboard Barrowman's 55-meter yacht Turquoise, where he modestly announced: "Everything you look at is expensive."

Carol Vorderman reignites her bitter feud with Michelle Mone - a year after telling the embattled bra baroness 'Sue Me Michelle!'on live TV: 'Update - she hasn't sued me'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2024
During Covid, Carol Vorderman, 63, appeared on This Morning last year and chastised Michelle Mone for claims pertaining to government PPE contracts. Mone used to refer to the former Countdown host as her "good friend," who aided her in getting over her divorce. However, the pair broke out "some time ago," according to insiders. Vorderman paid tribute to her fans by reposting the video on her website.

Michelle Mone and her partner Douglas Barrowman are among the $75 million in debt that has been affected by the court order in NCA's investigation into PPE firm, which also includes luxurious Belgravia's Isle of Man country estate and FIFTEEN bank accounts.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 26, 2024
Baroness Bra' Mone (bottom left) and her partner Doug Barrowman continue to ignore the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) request to place limitations on the assets, which include a Belgravia townhouse (top right), an Isle of Man estate (right and inset), and 15 bank accounts. The CPS requested a court order on behalf of the National Crime Agency (NCA), which has been investigating PPE Medpro since May 2021 amid allegations of criminal conduct connected to the company's procurement of PPE contracts. PPE Medpro is owned by a consortium led by Mr Barrowman; it later emerged that the company was placed in a VIP pandemic priority lane for government work following a Tory peer Mone's suggestion, who initially denied any affiliations with the company.

Michelle Mone, the billionaire's husband, charters a £50 million mega-yacht, sails away from the PPE storm

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 13, 2024
According to reports on the French Riviera, the billionaire husband of 'Baroness Bra' Michelle Mone is about to buy a £50 million mega-yacht.' Doug Barrowman, a Scottish businessman who is embroiled in a PPE saga with his wife, sold a 187ft (57 million) yacht, Turquoise, in October last year for £17.5 million. The Lady M, a smaller yacht, is now up for auction for £6.8 million. In a recent televised interview, the 58-year-old said he had 'one more boat' in him. In a separate interview, Lady Mone said that the two of them hoped to retire and sail the world in 2025.

Baroness Bra's money has been frozen after her bank accounts were frozen as a result of the PPE scandal. Michelle Mone and her billionaire husband's £80 million fire sale of their £41 million Caribbean villa, £7 million superyacht, and a £7.5 million private jet were auctioned.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
A number of highly coveted assets inherited by the lingerie tycoon and her partner (left) through a number of offshore firms are up for auction. This includes a £7.5 million Cessna Citation CJ4 private jet registered to a company in the Isle of Man named Cabbane Limited, which is now available via an American plane broker. Mr Barrowman's 17,000 sq ft six-bedroom mansion (right), which he built in 2018 and is now reportedly one of the island of St Barts, a well-known vacation destination for the wealthy and famous, is also on sale.

Michelle Mone and her family say they have been 'treated as a punchbag' after lying about having no connections to a PPE company awarded £200million of government contracts

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 1, 2024
Doug Barrowman, Michelle Mone's husband, has spoken out against ministers' "lamentable mistakes" when purchasing personal protective equipment during the pandemic. Mr Barrowman, a former Twitter king, said it's'suits the government's scheme to "scapegoat' him and his wife for their part in manufacturing items that can shield against coronavirus infections, according to Lady Mone's PPE Medpro's post. Lady Mone has admitted lying when she denied having knowledge of the company, a consortium led by her husband, which was awarded contracts worth more than £200 million to supply gowns and face masks. The lingerie entrepreneur is expected to profit from her £60 million in earnings, which have been channeled into a trust by her husband.

Michelle Mone, a Lingerie tycoon, claims she was treated like heroin lord Pablo Escobar after the bank accounts were frozen by the National Crime Agency as a result of the PPE scandal

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 24, 2023
Baroness Michelle Mone (pictured on left) has claimed that since her bank accounts were frozen as a result of the PPE scandal, she has been treated like Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (inset). Lady Michelle (pictured on right) and her husband Doug Barrowman, 58, are being investigated for suspected misconduct and bribery in connection with their employment with the Government's lucrative PPE program, which the couple deny. Several of her accounts have been frozen as a result of its probe, according to the National Crime Agency.

In the midst of the PPE scandal, Michelle Mone and her husband sold their £19 million London townhouse

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 22, 2023
During the PPE crisis, Michelle Mone and her husband's deluxe £19 million London townhouse sold this year. Last year, the Belgravia home went up for auction for £23 million, but the price was gradually reduced. Baroness Mone and her partner Doug Barrowman, who also marketed his 127ft yacht Lady M on the market, are being investigated for suspected misconduct and bribery in connection with their government's lucrative PPE deal, which the couple deny.

Welcome to the United Kingdom, RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: HELLO! HELL, there's a theme park

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 21, 2023
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Universal Studios has purchased 480 acres of land near Bedford and is considering the possibility of opening Britain's first-ever theme park. The corporation has successful parks in Hollywood, Orlando, Beijing, Osaka, and Singapore, and it is aiming to grow into Europe. Stewartby, which closed in 2008, has been chosen as the home of the old London Brick Company. Due to its closeness to Luton Airport and only a 45-minute train ride from London, the site has been chosen.

Michelle Mone's PPE scandal, a lawyer who apologized for misleading journalists may now face an inquiry

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 21, 2023
Michelle Mone, a lawyer who advocates for stricter Press reform, is being investigated by his own authority for passing on lies from his client Michelle Mone. Jonathan Coad was forced into a humiliating 'unqualified apology' for misleading journalists about Baroness Mone's PPE fiasco this week. The media advocate, who has been outspoken about newspapers'' "most limitless ability to deceive us," said the media lawyer, who has been outspoken about the fact that he did not mean to misinform.

JENNI MURRAY: I was fat and jolly when I awakened the fact that it was 24 years old

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 20, 2023
JENNI MURRAY: During the period when I tipped the scales at 24 st., I had to convince myself that instead of being morbidly obese, I was fit, healthy, and happy. After all, that was the time's fashion. Fat shaming was cruel, and even the word was appropriate as banned. But what a strange message this has been. This week, troubling news has surfaced after four social media influencers, who argued that obesity is healthy, died under the age of 45.

Michelle Mone's counsel said she regrets that she wasn't connected to a PPE company after she'misled him.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 19, 2023
Jonathan Coad said he didn't have "any reason" to believe the former Tory peer was 'not telling me the truth'. Baroness Mone lobbyed Michael Gove and Lord Agnew to ensure profitable PPE Medpro, a venture in which her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman was involved. Following the pandemic, the NHS was then granted contracts to supply medical protective equipment during the pandemic by the 'VIP lane' to fast-track preferred suppliers. The deal earned PPE Medpro revenues of about £60 million, but the government is suing PPE Medpro for over £122 million, plus interest for suspected 'breach of service and unjust enrichment.'

Michael Gove says he hopes detectives 'bring a case' against bra tycoon and ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone over links to PPE firm that made millions during the pandemic

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 19, 2023
The Levelling-up Secretary confirmed that he was in touch with the National Crime Agency probing the company PPE Medpro's scandal. Baroness Mone, Scotland's tycoon, admitted for the first time over the weekend that she stands to profit from the PPE's earnings, which the government is now suing to recover. She and her billionaire husband Doug Barrowman apologised for masking their participation in the £200 million contract for more than three years. When the remitt was to build up just four months, she said that Mr Gove and Sir Chris Wormald, the department of Health's permanent secretary, approved the purchase of five years' supply of PPE.'