Schneier on Security

Denton Scratch • February 20, 2019 6:15 AM

Looks like Swift Recovery Ltd. of Edmonton in North London may have gone bankrupt in 2017:
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2801927

There appears to be/have been at least two other vehicle-recovery firms by that name operating in the UK, one in Manchester and one Southampton (in Hampshire). I think the Manchester one went phut in 2004. The Hampshire one may still be operating.

You generally can’t safely trade as ‘X Limited’, if there is already another company operating under the same name in the same line of business; you risk being sued for passing-off or trademark violation. The Southampton firm claim to have been operating for 6 years; that implies they were in business before the Edmonton firm was wound up.

FWIW, Edmonton is a slightly seedy suburb at the outer edge of North London, situated between the North Circular Road and the M25 orbital motorway. The population is racially diverse (black, south asian, turkish, white brits, really I meant ‘diverse’, not simply ‘black’). It is a mixture of rented, owner-occupied and council types of accommodation, mostly two-story terraced housing, some tower blocks; there’s a significant middle-class population. As far as I’m aware, there’s no really up-market area – but there are some nice quiet residential streets and a pleasant park. The neighbourhood has had more than it’s fair share of knife-stabbings in recent years, but like most UK knife-crime, this is mainly related to drug gangs; Edmonton’s not some kind of mugger’s paradise or anything.

I have no idea whether any of these firms is associated with your impersonator.