Administrators are considering legal action over recovering a £103,820 loan owed by a company controlled by Liverpool businessman David Anderson.
Safety Support Consultants (SSC) entered into administration days after the company was criticised by government inspector Max Caller. The company was controlled by David Anderson, the son of former Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson.
Both men were arrested during Operation Aloft last year, the long-running Merseyside police investigation into building and development contracts. The two men have strongly denied any wrongdoing.
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It has now emerged that administrators KBL are considering legal action into recovering an inter-company loan. SSC Utilities, described as a 'related company' by KBL, owes £103,820 to SSC. The report explains that administrators have written to SSC Utilities on several occasions.
It reads: "The administrators have written to SSC Utilities Limited on several occasions in relation to this debt but no response has been received.
"The administrators are currently taking steps to assess the likelihood of recoverability of this debt to decide if legal action should be taken. "
The same report also reveals that SSC owes HMRC £138,580. In December a report by administrators revealed that David Anderson borrowed £194,633 from SSC in the form of a director's loan.
That report stated that KBL were 'chasing' Mr Anderson in relation to the loan. KBL said they were considering making Mr Anderson bankrupt in relation to outstanding repayments.
KBL later agreed to accept a payment of £17,000 from Mr Anderson, in lieu of the total sum, which he disputed.
David Anderson was arrested along with his father in December last year.
Both men were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation as part of the Operation Aloft probe, which has seen a number of arrests linked to Liverpool City Council.
Government inspector Max Caller criticised the decision to award SSC a key health and safety contract on the project to dismantle the Churchill Way Flyovers.
Mr Caller said the decision 'exposed the site teams to considerable health and safety risks' and that SSC had no previous relationship with the council before the 'urgent appointment was instructed' and work got underway in 2019.
Mr Caller's findings were published in a Best Value report which was highly critical of Liverpool Council.
David Anderson has formally complained about the government report and described it as 'politically motivated' and containing 'inaccurate smears'.
He said the damage the report has caused to him, both professionally and personally, is 'irreversible'.
The ECHO approached David Anderson for comment. The reports referred to in this story have been posted on the Companies House website.
