So transparent they're invisible.
As expectations build up for tonights public meeting called by North Yorkshire Council on Bentham Pollution issues, Angus Fires name is now oddly missing from the Town Councils website. We've also seen a copy of the schedule for tonight and there is no introduction for the local firms managment team.
In May, North Yorkshire Council called a public meeting with regards growing concerns over health after it was revealed that Angus Fires Site has the highest level of PFAS in the UK.
Angus Fire made the wise decision of stepping up to answer questions as part of their "transparent approach" to dealing with the situation.
We say transparent as the DERBS website which the firm uses to communicate with residents cannot be visited unless you have the link or even know it exists, it also seems to have been made purposely unsearchable by search engines.
Residents looked forward to questions being answered which were ignored (by giving political answers) when CBs solicitors approached Angus Fires Legal representation with questions on the situation and missing information from their technical reports.
Cleaner Bentham decided that the public forum was the next good place to ask these questions of the firms CEO Paul Williams.
Disappointingly, we found out today that Angus Fire looked to be no longer on the panel.
Bentham town councils website is notebly missing the Fire Fighting firms name from it's page when visited today (17/06/2025).
This raises interesting questions:
1. Was it the statement on Morning Live (BBC1) where Angus Fires press company said "Angus Fire has always provided it's staff with the correct safety equipment" (paraphrased) which is completely untrue (unless they meant through Covid).
or,
2. The questions asked by Cleaner Bentham to be answered at the town hall meeting?
Will we ever know? or maybe we have the answer given to us by the firms absence about they've been lying to the Residents, the Workers, the Enviornment Agency and Cleaner Bentham.
Part 1 and Part 2 of the BBC Morning Live program can be seen here.
Channel 4's news report.
The information given by Angus's before the meeting was not quite clear as there was no update on their www.derbs.co.uk communication website. The Chair of the meeting was also "not aware of why they were not present" until the end of the night during audience questions.
