Environmental Services boss Alison Pettigrew, wife of former co-director Garry Pettigrew, has been disqualified by Government agency the Insolvency Service (IS).
It said Mrs Pettigrew, 52, breached her “fiduciary duty” by allowing HES to transfer assets valued at £2,979,383 to connected firms in the two months before the firm collapsed – sparking a national clinical waste crisis.Mr Pettigrew’s conduct is also being investigated by the watchdog, it’s understood.
The Lanarkshire -based company, which had removed waste from every hospital, GP surgery, dental practice and pharmacy in Scotland, lost lucrative NHS contracts in 2018 after it allowed body parts to stockpile at several sites.
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