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  4. Its All Over

    in Talk of the Town

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    Sorry to hear this, but good luck with the new start.

    Vic

    Thanks Vic. You never know where I might turn up next eh. Watch this space.

    Well we're off to Dublin for a few days tomorrow for a well earned break. Can't wait.

  5. Its All Over

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    Like GGG I am a bit shocked by your announcement as unlike a lot of traders in the town you at least seemed to be using each and every means at your disposal to stimulate trade. When someone is forced into this action because of no fault of their own it is especially depressing! Best of luck wherever you end up!

    “Even worse: quite unnoticed by Joe Public he sold off all our gold reserves at the worst possible moment for a fraction of what they'd now be worth.”

    He nearly set the price himself by letting the world know he was selling well before time and thereby initiating a drop in the price of gold just before he sold. Ah yes our well respected Iron Chancellor!

    ‘Real inflation is far higher than the government can admit, and it is focusing on all the wrong things. House prices are set to fall 25% or 30% off the peak, real wages simply have to fall, and the party is well and truly over!’

    I am even more bearish everything just seems so stacked against a ‘moderate’ correction!

    Thanks for that. It was a nice pub & I hope someone else can make a go of it. The locals deserve it.

  6. Its All Over

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    I take it there's no possibility of renegotiating the tenancy agreement? They face more than a possibility of having to pay rates on an empty property for years to come (another of Gordon's tax grabs which will have entirely the opposite effect to the reason it was - supposedly - done), and a pub that isn't commercially viable is a freehold that's going to be near impossible to sell. If they've got any business sense they'll let you set the prices.

    I'm afraid to say that things are going to get a lot worse, and that unlike previous recessions this one is going to be deep and very long. I won't bore you with all the reasons, but Gordo has steadily taxed the Country to death whilst fiddling the books. Unlike some other countries, who've put something aside for a rainy day, he's squandered the lot and the UK is now flat broke. Even worse: quite unnoticed by Joe Public he sold off all our gold reserves at the worst possible moment for a fraction of what they'd now be worth.

    Darling has made a desperate situation even worse by squandering pubic money he didn't have on Northern Rock. Real inflation is far higher than the government can admit, and it is focusing on all the wrong things. House prices are set to fall 25% or 30% off the peak, real wages simply have to fall, and the party is well and truly over!

    There's now no way out, even a change of government won't make much difference; at best all they can do is to stop pretending that it's just a short downturn and tell the truth. In all my decades in business I've never been more depressed about the long-term outlook.

    So... I think your thread heading is more telling than you probably intended, and maybe this is a blessing in disguise for you?

    Yes - in short, the country is well and truely stuffed. The licenced trade is really hard hit. As I said earlier, we are getting out before it costs us big time. Not even a renegotiation on prices could stop us. The pub companies dont care less either. They seem to prefer them shut for some strange reason!

    Anyhow, heres to a new start.

  7. Its All Over

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    Very sorry to learn this! :(

    Was it the tenancy agreement that didn't allow you to earn enough, or just the level of trade generally?

    What are you going to move on to?

    Well, the level of trade in Bedlington generally I reckon. The pub company still want there share of the pie with crazy prices!!!!!

    The trade is pretty much impossible at the mo, so best just to go before we lose big money

    Thanks again to all the good customers who we got to know and love.

    Neil's got a job in the car trade.

    I'm just gonna chill for a little while I decide what to do next.

  14. The 'P' word

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    And.,. you could now get 42 days imprisonment without charge for no other reason than the Gordo Gestapo don't like you! Golly!

    Whoops, can't say that either; it might remind someone of a children's soft toy, and we know where that kind of subversive thought can lead! :blink:

    Remember what I said about watch what your saying.

    What do you mean you don't like me.????? :o

  16. 2 Million Now........

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    Doughpee, the cash should be ring fenced now so it should be a fact! Last upgrades on Front Street were for street furniture, a smallish grant obtained by community spirited people wanting to make the town look a bit better. The one before that was for footpaths, obtained by WDC: course they put down patio slabs instead of paving slabs but that is another tale..................

    Dave, you might well ask. It may well be that commercial property owners will be given this funding to upgrade the front of their premises and at first glance looks like a very good deal for them even if there are time limits attached! It may well HAVE to be structured like that to get them onboard!

    Missvic, so much cynicism from one........! There are ways to try and make sure that doesn’t happen, if you are interested? But you have identified what I think could be a major problem within the scheme, Tesco.

    Theduncow, there is still the initiative to get a sports centre (of sorts) at Gallagher Park and I know people are working to try and get the school playing fields opened up for community usage.

    At the end of the day it is YOUR town, if you want to let the civic planners etc have carte blanch and decide how and where the town develops so be it, but you abdicate the right to criticise afterwards! I think it is pretty fundamental for a community website like this one to discuss and debate changes in the town which affect everyone so...........

    From what I hear. A sport centre's been on the cards for 30 years or more. Be nice if they finally get a round to doing it. I mean why did they demolish the humford baths?

  21. 2 Million Now........

    in Talk of the Town

    Posted

    99.9% of the money will go towards planning, scrutiny and council backhanders while the other 0.1% will buy Tesco a new flashy sign :angry:

    aye and what about a new sports centre or something for the kids??? That would be nice instead of making a guost town look nice. Wouldn't it. :angry:

    Pam

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