A company registered in Edinburgh has been linked to a firm in the Czech Republic embroiled in controversy over a government contract to deliver millions of Covid-19 tests for school children.
A former subsidiary of Tardigrad International LP has been asked to supply 3.6 million tests to Czech children ahead of them returning to school on 1 March, 2021.
Tardigrad International, now dissolved, registered as a Scottish Limited Partnership in 2016. It has been named in an official Czech government document after its former subsidiary Tardigrad International Consulting won a contract for Covid-19 tests.
It beat eight firms to win the Czech contract.
But Czech media reported it has no financial statements and a share capital of 1,000 CZK, equivalent to just £33.