A senior manager at the Hinkley nuclear power plant was found to have accepted bribes, including an £11,000 quad bike, to provide extra work to a British engineering firm. An employment tribunal in Bristol heard that Ashley Daniels received gifts such as £2,000 hospitality tickets for a boxing match and a refill for his Montblanc fountain pen. The tribunal was told that Daniels ensured more work was directed to a firm specializing in heavy lifting to continue operating at the Somerset site. The details emerged in a tribunal claim brought by an engineer called Garrick Nisbet, who accused his employer, Notus Heavy Lift Solutions, of unfair dismissal. Nisbet was sacked for gross misconduct after he provided Daniels with a quad bike to secure more work. Nisbet defended his actions, stating that Daniels was difficult to say no to and described him as a “greedy little toad.” The tribunal ruled in favor of Nisbet’s claim of unfair dismissal, but the judge determined that he did not deserve compensation due to his involvement in bribery and corruption with Daniels over several years.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/07/manager-at-hinkley-point-c-accepted-a-quad-bike-as-a-bribe-tribunal-hears