Moderately build company director, being done over

Moderately build company director, being done over

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Usedandabused

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87 months

Saturday 25th February 2017
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Hi all.

I have posted here for years but using that account for this wouldn't be wise. I am looking for some advice re my situation having been (what I feel) is done over.

15 years trading as a director.(50/50 with wife who is silent partner) of a firm in a specialist area with great potential but always struggling to find reliable staff to move things forward. Think 3-4 people rather than hundreds.

About 18 months ago I was introduced by a friend to someone who had just fallen out with his boss and was apparently a star in our area. I took him on on a trial basis. Being a total mug after a few months we agreed to set up a new trading name with him as a director, and also another acquaintance of his with his own business.

Long story short we traded for a while as 3 co directors and joint shareholders, then after a while they started shutting me out of everything. Something went wrong at the bank so I no longer had access to the account, jobs I had never heard of were being done. I was completely shut out.

I had had a month off ill, and when I came back they called an EGM. We all agreed things weren't working out and agreed to part ways amicably. I resigned as a director and went back to running my own business while still not having filled the paperwork to hand over my shares.

A few days later I learned that while I had been ill they had been contacting suppliers and customers (of my 15 year old business) and setting up their own new business without me.

Now this information is available to me I wouldn't have resigned so easily if I had known. Can I withdraw the resignation at this point, bearing in mind they wrote the letter and I am still a share holder and had had information held from me at the point I agreed to resign.