The chairperson of a limited company, whose connections with Uppingham Town Council led to mass resignations, has stood down. 

Mark Shaw, who also sits on Uppingham Town Council, is no longer the chairperson of Uppingham First, a limited company which runs the hopper service and a number of other events in the town. 

In June seven members of the town council quit, citing a conflict of interest between councillors who were also Uppingham First members. They alleged that there was 'collusion' and that the councillors who were also Uppingham First members were not acting independently. 

There was further controversy when Uppingham First refused to hand over money it was holding on behalf of Uppingham's late night shopping event. It instead paid it back to the town council (which had originally granted the money) leaving the late-night shopping event out of pocket. 

Late-Night Shopping took the issue to the small claims court and last month, at the 11th hour, Uppingham First handed over a sum just short of £2,000. 

Mark Shaw told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he stood down from Uppingham First due to 'personal reasons' and it was not because of any incident. 

He said: "There has not been a fall out. I have just decided that I have a busy life, which I want to reduce." 

According to Companies House this week he has also been removed as a person of significant control, with fellow town councillor Ron Simpson, now the only person with significant control of the company.  

Director Trevor Ellis has also stood down this week.