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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 10, 2014 8:57:37 GMT
Article in the post sounds very positive! Says they can't go into details, however, says they are committed to Bristol still and it is legal issues causing the delay.
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 10, 2014 9:02:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:06:40 GMT
"To do so would place us in breach of our contractual commitments to the other parties."
Now we know why the club have been quiet
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:15:11 GMT
Sainsbury's confirms commitment to Bristol but not to planned store on the site of the Memorial Stadium Sainsbury's has reiterated its commitment to Bristol – although the supermarket has stopped short of giving a concrete commitment to its planned store on the site of the Memorial Stadium in Horfield. The fortunes of Bristol Rovers are tied up with the supermarket giant’s plans, which are crucial to the funding of a new stadium for the club. In one of his final acts as Sainsbury’s chief executive, Justin King – whose last day was yesterday Wednesday – wrote to Bristol North West MP Charlotte Leslie who, with other city MPs last week called on the company to confirm it was going ahead with the project. Concerns were raised that the deal might collapse after Sainsbury’s pulled out of a number of other store projects elsewhere in the UK. In his letter, seen by the Bristol Post, he writes: “We are committed to Bristol and the wider city region, and have been ever since we opened our first store in the city almost 45 years ago. We directly employ over 800 people through our 10 Bristol stores and, of course, many more through our Emerson’s Green Distribution Centre and other stores in the City region.” Mr King blamed the delays to the project on a series of “legal challenges”. Despite Bristol City Council rubber-stamping Sainsbury’s planning application in January 2013, the legal challenges “have taken more than 18 months to conclude, a particularly long wait, even for an application of this complexity”, he says. The outgoing boss insists that the retailer has “continued our dialogue with Bristol Rovers” and that it is monitoring the “situation closely”. The letter continues: “Sainsbury’s is aware of the wider investment potential related to the proposals and as you know this wider economic benefit was part of the planning case for this application.” “I am aware of the support locally for the redevelopment and the additional investment in the region that this potentially unlocks. However, I am sure you will appreciate we cannot discuss the progress or status of our commercially confidential discussion with Bristol Rovers or UWE [University of the West of England] until they are concluded. “To do so would place us in breach of our contractual commitments to the other parties.” He concludes: “We understand the imperative to “get this scheme moving” and once we are in a position commercially and contractually to discuss the next steps we will do so; but unfortunately it is not possible for us to respond in more detail at the moment.” While Mr King’s letter stops short of confirming the building work will go ahead, Ms Leslie described the letter as “encouraging”, adding: The Bristol North West MP told the Post: “This is really encouraging. “It is really good to hear that Sainsbury’s is still committed to Bristol and they seem to have a deep understanding of how much the deal means to the city in terms of local people, infrastructure and the economy.” Ms Leslie said she would, again, seek cross-party support to write to Mr King’s successor, the group’s now former commercial director, Mike Coupe, to maintain an “ongoing dialogue” with the company and to reiterate the case to proceed with the redevelopment. Last week, Ms Leslie and the city’s three other MPs, Stephen Williams, Kerry McCarthy and Dawn Primarolo, wrote a joint letter to Mr King seeking assurances the building would proceed. Their calls were echoed by the Prime Minister, who urged Sainsbury’s to “press ahead” with the project. www.southwestbusiness.co.uk/news/10072014095354-sainsburys-confirms-commitment-to-bristol-but-not-to-planned-store-on-the-site-of-the-memorial-stadium/
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:17:33 GMT
For those that, like me, are getting a broken link for the above.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:20:12 GMT
Now we know why the club have been quite Quite crap? Quite useless at organising a piss up in a brewery?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:24:37 GMT
Now we know why the club have been quite Quite crap? Quite useless at organising a piss up in a brewery? LOL iphone is a wonderful thing Grant except when it comes to predictive text....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:26:12 GMT
Now we know why the club have been quite Quite crap? Quite useless at organising a piss up in a brewery? Quite pissed in the Metropolitan on Baker Street at Silly AM.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:28:39 GMT
Quite crap? Quite useless at organising a piss up in a brewery? Quite pissed in the Metropolitan on Baker Street at Silly AM. Possibly.It was 7 years ago
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Post by basel on Jul 10, 2014 9:30:42 GMT
Now we know why the club have been quite Quite crap? Quite useless at organising a piss up in a brewery? Quite. Well as Charlotte Leslie says hopefully this is good news,although as usual there is at least a little bit of doubt.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:32:46 GMT
Quite pissed in the Metropolitan on Baker Street at Silly AM. Possibly.It was 7 years ago Don't remind me, in fact I can't remember anyway.
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Post by BS3 Gas on Jul 10, 2014 9:37:49 GMT
"I am aware of the support locally for the redevelopment and the additional investment in the region that this potentially unlocks. However, I am sure you will appreciate we cannot discuss the progress or status of our commercially confidential discussion with Bristol Rovers or UWE until they are concluded.
"To do so would place us in breach of our contractual commitments to the other parties."
This could explain the board not updating us then. They know we'd only moan if they posted an update that had no real information in it, so they're waiting until there's something to tell. Although encouraging, the statement is a little vague from Sainsburys.
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Post by basel on Jul 10, 2014 9:44:30 GMT
I wonder exactly what it is Sainsbury's,Rovers and the UWE are waiting for before saying all sytems go?
The clearance for last Fridays paperwork handed into SGCC eg?
One of the parties involved has been 'moving the goal posts' so to speak?
I mean we don't know if they are all happy bunnies,do we?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 9:48:37 GMT
I wonder exactly what it is Sainsbury's,Rovers and the UWE are waiting for before saying all sytems go? The clearance for last Fridays paperwork handed into SGCC eg? One of the parties involved has been 'moving the goal posts' so to speak? I mean we don't know if they are all happy bunnies,do we? and more to the point why are Sainsbury Talking to the UWE for ?? This is a contract between BRFC & Sainsbury is it not Or are Sainsbury going to have a "Local" as part of the new complex as well...
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Post by basel on Jul 10, 2014 9:53:36 GMT
I wonder exactly what it is Sainsbury's,Rovers and the UWE are waiting for before saying all sytems go? The clearance for last Fridays paperwork handed into SGCC eg? One of the parties involved has been 'moving the goal posts' so to speak? I mean we don't know if they are all happy bunnies,do we? and more to the point why are Sainsbury Talking to the UWE for ?? This is a contract between BRFC & Sainsbury is it not Or are Sainsbury going to have a "Local" as part of the new conplex as well... I thought a smaller Sainsbury at the UWE was always part of the plans Henbury. If so good cause I don't want to lose anything from the original plans and definitely nothing off the stadium capacity or ability to raise it at a later date.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2014 10:00:19 GMT
and more to the point why are Sainsbury Talking to the UWE for ?? This is a contract between BRFC & Sainsbury is it not Or are Sainsbury going to have a "Local" as part of the new conplex as well... I thought a smaller Sainsbury at the UWE was always part of the plans Henbury. If so good cause I don't want to lose anything from the original plans and definitely nothing off the stadium capacity or ability to raise it at a later date. Think you are right Basel, i remember when i looked of the Drawings at the complex a few weeks ago, i remember something about retail outlets... will go have another look !
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 10, 2014 10:03:08 GMT
I wonder exactly what it is Sainsbury's,Rovers and the UWE are waiting for before saying all sytems go? The clearance for last Fridays paperwork handed into SGCC eg? One of the parties involved has been 'moving the goal posts' so to speak? I mean we don't know if they are all happy bunnies,do we? and more to the point why are Sainsbury Talking to the UWE for ?? This is a contract between BRFC & Sainsbury is it not Or are Sainsbury going to have a "Local" as part of the new complex as well... Well that definitely sounds more encouraging. It's amazing what a bit of communication can do
Wonder what the issues are though.
I assumed Henbury that the 'convenience store' was always going to be a Sainsburys local, as I don't imagine they would pay us £30m whatever and let us lease that aspect to Tesco would they, which is one of my queries as to how said store makes us money if it does at all, as I assume it was part of the payment and agreement
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Jul 10, 2014 10:07:22 GMT
and more to the point why are Sainsbury Talking to the UWE for ?? This is a contract between BRFC & Sainsbury is it not Or are Sainsbury going to have a "Local" as part of the new conplex as well... I thought a smaller Sainsbury at the UWE was always part of the plans Henbury. If so good cause I don't want to lose anything from the original plans and definitely nothing off the stadium capacity or ability to raise it at a later date. Perhaps UWE as part of the lease have insisted that the monies from Sainsburys are ringfenced to develop the stadium? But of course when I suggested this a few days ago it was pooh poohed but some over opininated people (ok one poster)
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Post by Peter Parker on Jul 10, 2014 10:12:28 GMT
I thought a smaller Sainsbury at the UWE was always part of the plans Henbury. If so good cause I don't want to lose anything from the original plans and definitely nothing off the stadium capacity or ability to raise it at a later date. Perhaps UWE as part of the lease have insisted that the monies from Sainsburys are ringfenced to develop the stadium? But of course when I suggested this a few days ago it was pooh poohed but some over opininated people (ok one poster) The club have said the Sainsbury's money is ring fenced for the stadium and any left overs would go towards the debt, unless I am mistaken
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Post by frenchgashead on Jul 10, 2014 10:15:02 GMT
I think we need to read this letter carefully. A lot is just verbiage about commitment to Bristol and means nothing. The key part is "once we are in a position commercially and contractually to discuss the next steps" The key word is commercially. I take this to mean that they still haven't decided to go ahead - i.e. whether the scheme is financially viable for them. That would be the let out if they want it.
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