Norla EBT Loan Scheme

[pmeswani]

Freestyle accounting was set up by one of the management at Norla who left Norla the company. Norla accounting, basics, XT Base and consulting are all under the same Norla Group and its the group that has collapsed, there are no staff there, the company has shut down. You should be perfectly safe using Freestyle accounting as I dont believe they are in any way connected with Norla, but give them a call, I believe I know who set up the company and they will be perfectly straight and honest with you if it is who I believe it to be.

Emailed them just after I posted my last message and they confirmed that they have nowt to do with Norla Group for over 4 years.

[Craggle]

just to clarify...

Freestyle accounting was set up by one of the management at Norla who left Norla the company. Norla accounting, basics, XT Base and consulting are all under the same Norla Group and its the group that has collapsed, there are no staff there, the company has shut down. You should be perfectly safe using Freestyle accounting as I dont believe they are in any way connected with Norla, but give them a call, I believe I know who set up the company and they will be perfectly straight and honest with you if it is who I believe it to be.

Just for the record, XT-Base is not part of Norla group. It is a separate entity that supplies systems, hosting and service to Norla. A lot has changed in the last 2 years.

[daz2864]

Apologies

Just for the record, XT-Base is not part of Norla group. It is a separate entity that supplies systems, hosting and service to Norla. A lot has changed in the last 2 years.

Must apologise must have misunderstood the banner on the bottom of XT-Base's web page which states XT-Base are part of Norla, you can understand why Mr Jo average would put two and two together, so apologiers XT-Base (are not as their web site suggests??) Part of Norla.... or have understood / read it wrong?? Answers on a post card please

[mulberryblue]

Apparently XT Base are now in administration. But Norla group and Norla consulting are still showing on companies house as Live.

[daz2864]

Norla Group

Apparently XT Base are now in administration. But Norla group and Norla consulting are still showing on companies house as Live.

Yes I thought they were one of a kind and that has come as no surprise. They were all based in the same building and I think they were trying to clutch at straws keeping part of the business open... unfortunately when the group collapses its takes down the whole lot. Well thats it then Norla and all associated companies appear to be no more, sad for all the ppl that worked there, at one point the staff were excellent and were the most professional, knowledgeable and friendly team. I wish them all the best for the future, in addition to the contractors who appear to have lost money by the collapse of Norla.

[GaryVarga]

Norla and Cirrus Nova

Yes I thought they were one of a kind and that has come as no surprise. They were all based in the same building and I think they were trying to clutch at straws keeping part of the business open... unfortunately when the group collapses its takes down the whole lot. Well thats it then Norla and all associated companies appear to be no more, sad for all the ppl that worked there, at one point the staff were excellent and were the most professional, knowledgeable and friendly team. I wish them all the best for the future, in addition to the contractors who appear to have lost money by the collapse of Norla.

My company provided services to Norla (or one of its companies) and, to give my comments context, we did not part on the best of terms.

I believe that XTBase was setup by Grenville Jeremy Norton (known as Jeremy Norton).

It appears that Mr Norton has now setup a new company Cirrus Nova.

Of possible interest to debtors and the administrators of the Norla companies is that "Cirrus Nova is a pioneering provider of versatile recruitment software" which is exactly what XTBase was doing for one of the Norla companies, amongst other things. One would hope that any IPR (copyright's etc) produced under the guise of liquidating companies has been purchased at market value.

Look at the following LinkedIn profiles of staff that clearly have moved from one company to the other:

<mod snip, you're welcome to compare and contrast yourselves...>

To show that I am not hiding anything my LinkedIn profile is
<mod snip, and you can look up Gary too, if you want>

[Phaedridge]

Advantage Accounts

These were the last accountants I dealt with at Norla: Advantage Accounts - website I note is by Cirrus Nova. Strangely haven't had a P11D this year...very strange.

I was fortunate in being advised that I had to leave Norla in September 2010 by Hays Consulting. Now also with Freestyle who seem to be doing a very good job.

Now just keeping fingers crossed that I don't have to cross paths with HMRC over the whole Norla EBT scheme.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

These were the last accountants I dealt with at Norla: Advantage Accounts - website I note is by Cirrus Nova. Strangely haven't had a P11D this year...very strange.

I was fortunate in being advised that I had to leave Norla in September 2010 by Hays Consulting. Now also with Freestyle who seem to be doing a very good job.

Now just keeping fingers crossed that I don't have to cross paths with HMRC over the whole Norla EBT scheme.

If you are genuinely with Freestyle and this is not then you should be aware that their website gives strong indicators that they are operating an MSC which were outlawed 4 years ago

[Hex]

If you are genuinely with Freestyle and this is not then you should be aware that their website gives strong indicators that they are operating an MSC which were outlawed 4 years ago

Which bit do you reckon gives "strong indicators" that they're operating as an MSC? I can see they are trying to appeal to people on how much the accountant is doing, but they don't mention that they raise invoices for you or that they run your bank account do they?

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Which bit do you reckon gives "strong indicators" that they're operating as an MSC? I can see they are trying to appeal to people on how much the accountant is doing, but they don't mention that they raise invoices for you or that they run your bank account do they?

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