Correspondence with USC and Sports Direct representatives published
5 March 2015
The Scottish Affairs Committee publishes its correspondence with USC and Sports Direct representatives regarding Mike Ashley attending an oral evidence session with the Committee.
- Correspondence with Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP
- Inquiry: Sports Direct: employment practices and the sale of USC
- Scottish Affairs Committee
Following a visit to the closed former USC warehouse in Dundonald, the Scottish Affairs Committee decided to build on its recent work on the collapse of City Link and call senior managers of USC and Sports Direct, and Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley, to give evidence about the administration of USC and its treatment of employees.
The Committee was and is particularly interested in the group’s employment practices.
Chair's comments
Ian Davidson MP, Chair of the Committee, said:
"The Committee has already arranged to meet with the Chair of Sports Direct, Dr Keith Hellawell, and Philip Duffy, of Duff and Phelps, the USC administrators.
Nevertheless, the Scottish Affairs Committee still wants to meet with Mike Ashley, whom we see as the driving force behind Sports Direct, to clarify his views on how the closure of USC’s warehouse at Dundonald was handled and on major issues of employment policy and related issues."