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Does anyone have any experience with Midlands Consulting Centre?


The reason I’m asking is that my daughter has been offered a job with them and I am deeply suspicious.

wow all these comments are scary lol
I applied for customer service reps for marketing this morning and i received a msg back from them within 2 hours (i was like wow)
i saw the ad on reed.co.uk and it said no experience needed dont worry .....

and a lady who is named Courtney asked me to call her on 0208 616 4101 asap
The company is called Source direct marketing.
Am in doubt now
do i call them up or just ignore the msg?

Hi Louise, I have an interview with castle road marketing in Newcastle this week. Did you find them completely legitimate, as I'm feeling sceptical!

JMS Marketing is another scam!

What did your job actually entail?

Has anyone been for an interview with a company called Source Marketing Direct Ltd in Luton tel number 01582455134?

I applied for this job on total jobs and they were advertising for customer service advisors, admin staff etc.

I had a call within 2 days by a woman giving her name as Lauren, o how enthusiastic she was by firstly telling me congratulations you have been invited for an interview, my manager and I looked at your CV and was impressed.

I am not only worried, I am not happy cause now I really wish I was a private investigator!!

I found a website for this company stating it is in London, but when you look at the site it looks fake!

I looked up the name http://www.ripoffreport.com/multi-level-marketing/source-promotional-g/source-promotional-group-the-2a48f.htmof the said director Hector Montalvo and all I kept coming up was scam, this is what I came across

The more I looked the more it smells! I even googled this mans name and only this sort of info comes up.

I won't be a victim, I will go along to this interview and listen to what they have to say, but will be reporting them if I Iook around and notice anything strange, though I know nothing will be done, they will probably move on to the next poor city or town.

Had an interview with LMC marketing in cardiff last friday, first impressions werent great, as soon as I walked into "reception" I was greeted by some dippy tart called ali shove who's voice annoyed the crap out of me. This was the same ali who had replied to my application, and sent me a confirmation email under a different name (laura mccarter). As I sat down on the chairs, accompanied by the bellowing drum and bass from the radio, I noticed that some of the other applicant were dressed in tracksuits and trainers, indicating that perhaps everyone had been asked for an interview who had applied.

When it came to my interview i was greeted by a forty something year old woman who stunk of B.O and not to mention had a massive build of ear wax. She led me in to one of the adjoining rooms and proceeded to tell me about the business whilst I tried as hard as i could to get in any information about myself as she appeared uninterested in anything I had to say and didnt bother asking me questions. She didnt really describe what the job entailed, but she told me that i would effectively be on "a six month fast track to being a manager, with the responsiblity of 15 people". I thought that was great, as anyone would. She then said that she would ring me back between 5 and half 5 if i had got the position, and said the next stage would involve a day out with the team etc. to see how i fitted in.

The phonecall came around 5 pm to tell me the news in some X factor esque manner ("your through to the final 3!!!")

After reading these comments its clear my gut instincts and general common sense assumptions were correct. I will not be attending the interview tomorrow. Now clean your ears out you dirty fat mare.

At least you get paid when working for Tescos.

Mostly dirty phone-calls

please please please dont do it!!! no matter how desprerate you are TRUST ME burger king is a far better choice than lmc marketing or g-force or any other of these marketing companies, its easy to spot the current employees on this blog as they are the ones saying -WORK HARD- lol makes me laugh, work hard so the manager can do nothing and rob you of your earnings while preaching to you that you can do it! i wont bore anybody with my experience with one of these so called marketing companies, but i do feel i need to leave this message because during my time there, i witnessed a lot of good decent people being taken advantage of, running themselves into the ground, getting more and more into dept because of it. it would be nice to believe that its that easy to own and run your own marketing company in 12 months, but the reality of it is even if you do get that far, you will be in thousands of pounds worth of dept, 9000 of these offices have been opened world wide, and only 800 of them are still operational, so DONT NEG OUT!! SEE CLEARLY AND DONT BE BRAINWASHED! the people telling you not to neg out are too far into it to see themselves, i feel so sorry for people in these companys even the ones at the top, and hope one day you all find better decent jobs, or at the very least run your own businesses- the honest proper way not by scamming young people outta there hard earned money!!

oh and before the manipulators try to twist anything that i have said, let me make it VERY CLEAR, while i was 'self employed' i earned very good money, - i was one of the lucky ones, and i found being out on the field extremely enjoyable,- and if it ended there i wouldnt be writing this- but once promoted finding out the truth of the matter, you start to realise where all the b.s in this company really lies, and when you find yourself taking obs out- spinning the b.s that someone spinned you- thats when you realise 'what the fudge am i doing'?!  so please again, go work in burger king - because theres no shame in making a honest living, and at the end of the day you will still be able to look yourself in the face :)

Hey everyone,

Just thought I’d comment as I needed to prove to a friend that the 'interview' she was going to would be a waste of time and showed her the various blogs along with my own personal experience.

I was employed in one of these companies originally as one of their 'Dynamic Marketing Assistants' needless to say the position wasn't for me as will be explained below, then as an 'Administrator' when a position became available that was deemed more suitable.

My experience as an administrator is as follows....Be at the office 8am, Update each of the adverts placed on the recruitment websites making sure you're advert is the first advert people see in the morning when starting their job hunt, prepare the CVs that have come in from the previous evening, Call that days prospective candidates and confirm they will be attending the interview at allocated time, Call 2nd round candidates to confirm their appointments, call every number from every new cv and act like their cv is the best cv we have seen and persuade to come in for interview either that day or next day. Had to book between 50-60 people a day to allow for cancellations. When candidates arrive for interview pass out application forms, keep the chatter light so that they don't talk to anyone else; update adverts again (top of the pile). Be as vague as possible at all times. Send out second interview confirmations and prepare for final interviews for returning 2nd stage candidates on their return to the office. Day finished 6-7pm depending on if you'd reached the day’s target.

Needless to say I had some morals and left after a month. Would have been sooner but desperation and the need to pay bills was a must. Administrator position was paid position apart from the supposed commission for each candidate that walks through the door.

My experience as a Field agent....

Desperation makes people do the stupidest things.

Basically get to the 'office' at 8ish, prepare for your team meeting and daily training session known as ‘atmosphere’ where you learnt that KISS SEX and STD's were something else other than the obvious. Keep It Short and Simple blah blah blah, Fear of loss and running impacts will be familiar if you've been there. Running around a circle ringing a bell too. Atmosphere is where the brainwashing starts as you try to learn the management program (copying useless information off a whiteboard). This can take up to two hours per day. You then get your stock and go with your team leader who will have a 2nd round candidate with them to your given destination, anything from door to door, the annoying charity people in shopping centres or petrol stations to 'directly market' your clients product of which you receive a very small commission. Believe me...they don't have to pay too much for the product so their mark-up is quite high. You carry on for a few weeks because sheer determination to prove yourself wrong that you haven't been mugged off working 12+ hour shifts 6 days a week for pennies will eventually pay off. When you finally decide enough is enough ....you get promoted and get to build your own team (how exciting) they just got another couple of life sucking weeks out of you.

It goes like this, you start off as a distributer (mug), then a training manager (build your own team b**********g the next bunch of innocents ), Team/Crew Leader (supervising your team while they supervise their teams, Extra commission on above sales), Assistant Manager (as above with apparent basic wage and yet more commission) to owner eventually (your own office sucking the life out of desperate people never ever earning anywhere near the £75,000 promised). This evident by the fiat puntos that they drive.

Needless to say the administrator before me did a runner (I wish I’d taken a leaf out of her book) and that's how I ended up mugging people off for which I really really regret.

There is far too much of this sort of thing going on in this country today. Get rich cowboys are everywhere.This one smelled bad  from the moment I saw their ad on a jobsite which I think from experience are dodgy themselves (is there any that arent?)
Classic signs of the dodgy"employer". 1.Sales/Marketing related.2/Self employed status 3/Vague or no job description 4/Everyone gets the job 5/Commission is rarely paid if ever 6/ Many different names associated with the company 7/Cold calling sales 8/They will use YOUR PHONE,YOUR COMPUTER,YOUR CAR 9/No expenses paid 10/Will promise you the Earth but never deliver.
They exploit people who have difficulty getting a job for various reasons like young without any qualifications/ experience or people over 50 who have been made redundant and due to the rampant,stupid and illegal age discrimination in this country are frankly desperate to escape poverty and the equally immoral debt collecting industry.
VINCE CABLE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLEANING UP THESE RODENTS AS WELL AS THE BANKERS

Guyz never ever attend an interview at SMG Solutions they are time wasters and they are liars. I spent the whole dayin Daventry for nothing and they just congratulate you for nothing. If they know that you will definitely get the clients why cant they put a basic salary.

Your an idiot mate for saying good luck in your £5-£7 per hour jobs lol u say u earn 400 a week nothing less ok lets do the math....u guys work 12 hours a day 6 days a week (sat is not a half day that complete bull) so that makes a 72 hour week....so 400/72 = £5.56 (i rounded it up just for you) so your on £5 per hour too mate lol complete idiot and one more thing your self employed so that £5.56 is gross without deductions so in fact mate your the one who needs luck.

Yeah this is a scam it's great fun but you don't earn money I worked a Coventry office Jan- march 2010 I was doing events work at the time and I know Joel and mike and Sophie (the mangers) they are great people they take you down local pub and buy you drinks at end of the day  i can't say enough positive things about them you play games do loads of shouting dancing the office is like a night club (a bad one)  BUT you don't get enough money to live on you may have your good days and bad but it's not enough money to pay rent, petrol, gas, electric, tax ect and being self- employed you have to fill out very complex tax and government paperwork this means unless your good and tax and maths you need to pay a accountant or tax expert and that ain't cheap you WONT be a manger on 60k and three months you WONT progress in life you WONT run your own office and have your own staff but you WILL have fun you WILL met loads of new people  you WILL get loads of free drinks at the local you WILL work aprox 11-14 hours a day  at least 6 days a week (they will get you to work Sunday) I hope I have helped you I have tried to show both sides of the coin i have tried to give the facts with out being one sided

They must have a branch/franchise in Luton? Here's their legal details

Mr Hector L. Montalvo Jr, an American, is the director

Go to http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk and enter 06725439 in the Company Number box

SOURCE MARKETING DIRECT LIMITED
21 RISBOROUGH STREET
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
SE1 0HG
Company No. 06725439

Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 16/10/2008

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7487 - Other business activities
Accounting Reference Date: 31/12
Last Accounts Made Up To: 31/12/2009  (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 30/09/2011
Last Return Made Up To: 16/10/2010
Next Return Due: 13/11/2011
Last Members List: 16/10/2010

    Type    Date    Description    Order    
    AP04    31/03/2011     CORPORATE SECRETARY APPOINTED PRB COMPANY SECRETARIAL
    
    AD01    04/03/2011     REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 04/03/2011 FROM
SHAND HOUSE 14-20 SHAND STREET
LONDON
SE1 2ES
ENGLAND
    
    MG01    18/01/2011     PARTICULARS OF A MORTGAGE OR CHARGE / CHARGE NO: 3
    
    TM02    28/11/2010     APPOINTMENT TERMINATED, SECRETARY RDA CO SECS LIMITED
    
    AR01    19/11/2010     16/10/10 FULL LIST
    
       LATEST SOC       19/11/2010       19/11/10 STATEMENT OF CAPITAL;GBP 100
      
    AA    16/09/2010     31/12/09 TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL
    
    AD01    10/08/2010     REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 10/08/2010 FROM
GRIFFIN HOUSE AURILLAC WAY
RETFORD
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
DN22 7SS
    
    AR01    19/11/2009     16/10/09 FULL LIST
    
    AA    29/09/2009     31/12/08 TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL
    
    395    23/04/2009     PARTICULARS OF A MORTGAGE OR CHARGE / CHARGE NO: 1
    
    395    23/04/2009     PARTICULARS OF A MORTGAGE OR CHARGE / CHARGE NO: 2
    
    288c    13/03/2009     DIRECTOR'S CHANGE OF PARTICULARS / HECTOR MONTALVO JR / 13/03/2009
    
    288c    09/01/2009     DIRECTOR'S CHANGE OF PARTICULARS / HECTOR MONTALVO JR / 16/10/2008
    
    287    30/12/2008     REGISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 30/12/08 FROM:
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 30/12/2008 FROM
GRIFFIN HOUSE AURILLAC WAY
RETFORD
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
DN22 6DQ
    
    288c    08/12/2008     SECRETARY'S CHANGE OF PARTICULARS / RDA CO SECS LIMITED / 31/10/2008
    
    225    21/10/2008     CURRSHO FROM 31/10/2009 TO 31/12/2008
    
    NEWINC    16/10/2008     INCORPORATION DOCUMENTS
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS & REGISTERED OFFICE
DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE
MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/Company/Find?q=06725439

hey had anyone had an interview witht his guys and got taken on ? just wounder a bit worrking about the the reviews i have had ?

I had an observation day with MP Solutions Direct in Coventry yesterday, which was great fun, in a sarcastic kind of way. We set off by car to a service station 70 miles away near Oxford, and set up shop selling Victoria Jackson cosmetics. I was told to observe and not ask questions except to the team leader, and only if I had to, because I'd be interrupting the 'event'. So I watched, had a coffee and slice of cake, had a read of the paper (we were in a service station - lots of cafes and shops etc), and waited in anticipation of one of the team making a sale.
I know from another source that they get £5 for every make-up set that they sell (team leader refused to tell me that, just said she made £500 a week), anyway, 4 hours gone, no sales between the 3 of them. At lunch the team leader said she'd sold 2, but I'd been 'observing' so I knew that wasn't true. After lunch a sale was made, after which the team seemed rejuvenated and started jumping about and getting excited, but that was the only sale of the day, meaning that 1 person out of 3 had made £5 for a 12 hour day - the others made nothing.
The best bit of the day was mid-afternoon when the team leader told me she'd been on the phone to the manager and he had given permission for me to work the 'event' for the rest of the day if I wanted to, which was apparently unheard of and he must be really impressed by me! I declined this kind offer and said that I didn't want the job anyway. The team leader then phoned the manager again and came back to me saying that she was sorry but she would be terminating the interview, as she felt I wasn't career-driven enough for the position. I was delighted to hear this and tried not to laugh.
I felt sorry for the people there - they make next to nothing, pay petrol to get to the 'event' site, pay for their refreshments out of their own pocket, and are obsessed with promotion and management, saying that they'll be opening their own office soon.
I hope for their own sakes that yesterday was a one-off, a particularly bad day, but I doubt that is the case.
The manager of MP Solutions Direct is Mike Poole, who I believe progressed from Pure Solutions Direct which used to operate from the same office, but has now ceased trading. The office is also home to SMG Solutions.

To save you from wasting your time, the undissolved nest of marketing scam companies currently trading from SHAND HOUSE, 14-20 SHAND STREET, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON, SE1 2ES are:

06938187 GALAXY MARKETING LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/galaxy-marketing
Director: MR WARREN ROACH (29)
102 ROBINSON ROAD, COLLIERS WOOD, LONDON SW17 9DR            

07305607 JTG CONSULTING LIMITED    
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/jtg-consulting
Director: LONDON MARKETING SERVICES
14-20 SHAND STREET, LONDON BRIDGE SE1 2ES    

07049799 LIVE MARKETING DIRECT LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/live-marketing-direct
Director: MR THOMAS PATRICK HARRIS (23)
LOWER LEVEL, SHAND HOUSE 14-20 SHAND STREET, LONDO, LONDON SE12ES

06935519 LONDON GREEN MARKETING LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/london-green-marketing
Director: MR SAMUEL HENRY GREEN (25)
24 MARLBOROUGH PLACE, ST JOHNS WOOD, LONDON

06353922 LONDON MARKETING SERVICES LIMITED    
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/london-marketing-services
Director: TIM JAMES KENNEDY (29)
APARTMENT 14 15 CLUNY WAY, LONDON BRIDGE, LONDON SE1 4QS

06705604 MARKETING ENDEAVOURS LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/marketing-endeavours
Director: MRS SARA ELIZABETH COTE (34)
FLAT 49 130 WEBBER STREET, LONDON SE1 0JN
       
06725439 SOURCE MARKETING DIRECT LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/source-marketing-direct
Director: MR HECTOR LUIS MONTALVO JR (35)
FLAT ICON APARTMENT 15 CLUNY PLACE, LONDON SE1 4QS

07452735 TITAN ENDEAVOURS LIMITED
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/titan-endeavours
Director: MARLON ANDREW WILLIAMS (24)
LOWER GROUND FLOOR SHAND HOUSE 14-20 SHAND STREET,, LONDON SE1 2ES

Some of the above now have their registered offices at:
KINGFISHER HOUSE
HURSTWOOD GRANGE
HAYWARDS HEATH
WEST SUSSEX
RH17 7QX

A list of connected scam marketing companies is here:
http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/Company/Fin ... 0SECS%20LIMITED

http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/rda-co-secs