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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Firm led by ex-UK envoy on ethics made £13m on not-for-profit visa services

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The company’s contracts with the DfE and the Home Office have been recently renewed with tightened provisions. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty Images

An entrepreneur who represented the UK on an ethics body was asked to resign from a company running government visa services after officials found it made a £13.64m gain on its not-for-profit contract.

After the discovery of years of profit-making, the company, Ecctis, repaid the money to the government and a number of executives, including Cloud Bai-Yun, stood down from the firm, which runs language tests and qualification recognition for people applying for UK visas.

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