AVOID Peatling Training & Mark Granger
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I've made a note of every phone call. I have kept these as I was told it could be important if I decide to take further legal action:

When the payment was not received by the 27th May, I asked in person to be paid, and was told my payment had been missed out by mistake and would take place later in the day. I asked again at the end of the day, and was told it would take place the following day. I called on the 28th May and was told Mark Granger was out of the office and would return my call. He did not. I called back a couple of times in the following days - and was continually unable to talk to Mr Granger.

I asked again in person on the 10th June why I had not received the payment, and was told it had been missed out again and that I would receive a cheque at the end of the day or the following day. At the end of the day I was told Mark was too busy to write out my cheque, but that I would be paid the following day.

On the 11th June I was told that they would merge the May and June payments and pay them by cheque on the 13th June (my last day). I told them this was unacceptable, but despite my requests I was told that it was non-negotiable.

On the 13th June I was told that I would not be paid immediately due to "very temporary cash flow problems" and that I would have to wait two more weeks to be paid, and that I would be paid by bank transfer. Mark Granger said he would call at the end of the month to confirm the transfer had taken place. He did not call - and he didn't return my calls.

When I called the company on the 10th July I was told by his sister that the Managing director and sole director, Mark Granger, was away on holiday in Thailand for three weeks (I later came to learn that he paid for a friend of his to go with him to Thailand. I wonder where he got the money to do that with?) but would be back in a couple of weeks, and that I should not call him immediately on his return, as he would be busy. Nobody else was prepared to talk to me about the matter, but I was assured that he would call me as soon as possible

He didn't call, nor did anyone else from the Peatling Training.

I called Mark Granger on 29th July and was told I would be paid on the 31st July.

I called twice on the 31st July: the first time I was told he was in the office but was too busy to talk to me, but that he would call be back soon. I called again in the late afternoon, and was told Mark Granger was no longer in the office. He did not return my calls.

My solicitor called the company on my behalf on Thursday 1st August, and explained to Stuart (Mark's assistant) that we would issue proceedings if payment was not received.

Mark Granger called that evening and told me the payment of salary (but not holiday pay or expenses) had been transferred the previous day on 31st July. He went on to say that he considered it impossible for me to spend the payment for expenses as well as salary in the same weekend, and that I had no reason to complain as he would transfer the remainder on the 5th August. I told him I had expected to have been paid all outstanding monies, and he repeated that he would transfer the remainder on the 5th August.