• One Man who is less than happy with FR
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is Coventrybased engineer Vernon Phillips (pictured) who sought the services of the company in 1997.
Phillips, who had already paid the company £703 to begin the process, was asked for a further payment of £3,500 for the °relocation programme'. Unable to pay the lump sum, Phillips was offered financial assistance in the form of a loan from sister-company First Point Finance (FPF); formerly known as Atlantic 66 Pacific Investment.
In June 1998 he began paying a monthly standing order of £180, After ten months with no sign of a job or an interview in the US, Phillips cancelled his standing order. FPF applied to have a county court judgement issued against him and sent in the bailiffs.
Phillips now plans a counterclaim against FPF and FPI to recover the £2,953.95 he says he has lost.