Matt Hancock's ex-pub landlord supplying Covid test parts despite 'lack of experience'
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mirror.co.ukMatt Hancock’s former pub landlord is supplying the Government with millions of Covid-19 test parts, despite having no experience in medical supplies, it is reported.
Alex Bourne approached the Health Secretary with a WhatsApp message, offering the services of his new manufacturing firm Hinpack, the Guardian reports.
At the time, the firm made plastic cups and takeaway boxes, but it now supplies two million test vials and funnels every week, through a distributor with an existing government contract.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Mr Bourne. Mr Bourne, who once ran the Cock Inn, near Mr Hancock’s former home in Thurlow, West Suffolk, denies he profited from their acquaintance.
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