Overview

• Ashley Daniels, a senior manager at Hinkley Point C, accepted bribes including an £11,000 quad bike and £2,000 in boxing tickets to direct work to a subcontractor.
• Garrick Nisbet, a project director at Notus Heavy Lift Solutions, was found complicit in the bribery and dismissed for gross misconduct in early 2023.
• An employment tribunal confirmed forensic evidence of the bribery, ruling that Daniels' gifts had no innocent explanation.
• EDF, the owner of Hinkley Point C, has launched an internal investigation into the misconduct and pledged to enforce high ethical standards.
• Nisbet won an unfair dismissal claim due to procedural failings in his termination but was denied compensation as his involvement in the bribery was substantiated.