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Sad to see the huge 141 bedroom Lyndene Hotel and neighbouring St.Chads Hotel (another huge promenade hotel), both go into liquidation.
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Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.Mate of mine has two large successful hotels, both freehold and he says he’s been better off closed, with some staff let go, some furloughed, grants and now he’ll get business interruption insurance after the recent court ruling
I’ve heard similar.Mate of mine has two large successful hotels, both freehold and he says he’s been better off closed, with some staff let go, some furloughed, grants and now he’ll get business interruption insurance after the recent court ruling
Hope it happens soon Michelle, must be terrible.Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.
That's really hard to read Michelle. I truly hope you can benefit from a Great British summer holiday season. Lets hope the sun starts shining again soon on all of us literally and figuratively.Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.
I’m hearing May at the earliest before hotels etc can reopen even then I reckon we won’t be able to have groups of more than 6 people. So that will lose us easter and May Bank holiday for starters if this is in fact the case. Will have to see what Boris says in the week commencing the 22nd feb I guess. Gunna cost us over £1000 just to restock the bar and things like tea. Coffee sugar etc that have all gone out of date for the 2nd time since March. We restocked when we reopened in August then were closed again beginning of October so like I say all stock list for a second timeThat's really hard to read Michelle. I truly hope you can benefit from a Great British summer holiday season. Lets hope the sun starts shining again soon on all of us literally and figuratively.
Don’t bank on the back street bookie insurance companies paying out court ruling or no court rulingMate of mine has two large successful hotels, both freehold and he says he’s been better off closed, with some staff let go, some furloughed, grants and now he’ll get business interruption insurance after the recent court ruling
This is why we as a fan base need to do everything we can to support local businesses when this is over - especially those that have supported getting rid of the old regime UTMP!Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.
The government wouldn’t have done this if there wasn’t a virus.remember the virus didnt do this. The government measures did it. Im devastated for these people left without a job anymore.
It is with miserable feckers like you who only want to snipe.At least we've a shiny new cinema to look forward to!!.
A town on its arse, getting kicked in the teeth time after time☹
My hotel business has benefited from:
Hospitality Grants in excess of £40k
Bounce Back Loan ( Significant sum )
Furlough scheme including my wife and myself via a Limited company payroll.
5% VAT on accommodation
Deferred VAT scheme
Zero Business rates for 2020/2021
High occupancy rates between July and November.
We have no financial issues and have used the downtime to renovate many of our letting bedrooms.
A lot of our stock has perished or gone out of date but the grants etc will cover replacement stock.
We count ourselves lucky of course.
Hey up my stalkers backIt is with miserable feckers like you who only want to snipe.
A new Conference centre, 5 star Hotel, Museum,Imax cinema best in the North West with bars and Restaurants, Old Yates buildings ready to go, Wilkinsons knocked down with a Holiday Inn, Ibsis being tarted up, Merlin opening a new attraction aimed at young children and more things happening in our town.
A football club with a new owner taking pride in the ground and a new state of the art training ground.
Blackpool is on the up.
Hope thing improve.Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.
Where is your hotel as we are often looking for places to stay when we come up for matches?Well we certainly haven’t been better off whilst closed. Still had to pay all bills and full rent. We’re down over £100,000 and haven’t even received £20k in grants etc. We don’t have furlough as it’s family run. We can’t get our insurance to pay out a penny. Can’t wait to get back to work.
Well said only difference is we can see both sides as Wizz is more concerned about a poxy golf club for the few.Look Pool and Wiz, you're both right. The town has been let go over the past few decades and desperately needs a massive cash injection. There are things it needs before hotels and cinemas and Wiz is correct that a go-nowhere tramline is pointless, and destroying Stanley park golf course is blatantly wrong. On the other hand, Blackpool is a tourist town. Without paying visitors it's got nowhere to go. So, world-leading entertainment and leisure facilities, conference centres and, dare I say, casinos will enable the town to progress. Blackpool is unique and has to be treated like a unique place. The prom looks better than it ever has. Now the place needs the next quarter mile inland to be redeveloped. Run down B&Bs should be converted into luxury residential flats, like in Brighton. Incentives should be given to business start-ups to rent and refurbish empty and run down shops in run down streets. Bond Street? Central Drive? Drop a bomb on them and start again. Come on Boris. Northern Powerhouse.
Look Pool and Wiz, you're both right. The town has been let go over the past few decades and desperately needs a massive cash injection. There are things it needs before hotels and cinemas and Wiz is correct that a go-nowhere tramline is pointless, and destroying Stanley park golf course is blatantly wrong. On the other hand, Blackpool is a tourist town. Without paying visitors it's got nowhere to go. So, world-leading entertainment and leisure facilities, conference centres and, dare I say, casinos will enable the town to progress. Blackpool is unique and has to be treated like a unique place. The prom looks better than it ever has. Now the place needs the next quarter mile inland to be redeveloped. Run down B&Bs should be converted into luxury residential flats, like in Brighton. Incentives should be given to business start-ups to rent and refurbish empty and run down shops in run down streets. Bond Street? Central Drive? Drop a bomb on them and start again. Come on Boris. Northern Powerhouse.
This has already started. The building next door to Yates's at South Shore has been re-developed into luxury apartments, and some signs of this happening on the south side of the Pleasure Beach.The prom looks better than it ever has. Now the place needs the next quarter mile inland to be redeveloped. Run down B&Bs should be converted into luxury residential flats, like in Brighton.
I can see both sides, I just dont get too excited when promised things.Well said only difference is we can see both sides as Wizz is more concerned about a poxy golf club for the few.
The UK has some fantastic places to visit, just sitting by a pool roasting & supping beer & eating would have me bored stiff after the first day. Each to their own I guess.If travel restrictions are still in place this Summer, i wont be wasting my money by going anywhere in UK. For me and my other half it's "the hotter the better".
I car’t see what the problem is with the new tram link, it may be costly yes ! But the visitors are straight off the train and on a tram with luggage, north or south . How many Taxi / congestion journeys will it save . The Tram link should be connected from Fleetwood using the old train line back to Poulton creating an orbital fylde coast linkLook Pool and Wiz, you're both right. The town has been let go over the past few decades and desperately needs a massive cash injection. There are things it needs before hotels and cinemas and Wiz is correct that a go-nowhere tramline is pointless, and destroying Stanley park golf course is blatantly wrong. On the other hand, Blackpool is a tourist town. Without paying visitors it's got nowhere to go. So, world-leading entertainment and leisure facilities, conference centres and, dare I say, casinos will enable the town to progress. Blackpool is unique and has to be treated like a unique place. The prom looks better than it ever has. Now the place needs the next quarter mile inland to be redeveloped. Run down B&Bs should be converted into luxury residential flats, like in Brighton. Incentives should be given to business start-ups to rent and refurbish empty and run down shops in run down streets. Bond Street? Central Drive? Drop a bomb on them and start again. Come on Boris. Northern Powerhouse.
5/10 minute walk to the ground. We’re on charnley rdWhere is your hotel as we are often looking for places to stay when we come up for matches?
I wonder what Hoss Cartwright will do next?Le Ponderosa - Sunshine Indoors
It's in God's hands but we could do with coming out of Covid restrictions by July, with a cracking, long summer and benign autumn.They will stay empty until tourism can restart or developers move in. I can’t see -a refurb of these ancient buildings....they much prefer knocking down and building new. Never liked the blue of the Lyndene anyways!
Sort his wig outI wonder what Hoss Cartwright will do next?
Its tragic to see our great town and history disappearing before our eyes, good luck to all the hotels and businesses on this difficult journey we can only pray you all get through this.Sad to see the huge 141 bedroom Lyndene Hotel and neighbouring St.Chads Hotel (another huge promenade hotel), both go into liquidation.
Ant news on the golf club Wizzerboy,not seen any park mates since lockdown.I can see both sides, I just dont get too excited when promised things.
And yes the proxy golf club for the people of Blackpool AND tourists alike.
What's the problem with this?
Win win eh
Nah, all gone a bit quiet tbh.Ant news on the golf club Wizzerboy,not seen any park mates since lockdown.
The UK has some fantastic places to visit, just sitting by a pool roasting & supping beer & eating would have me bored stiff after the first day. Each to their own I guess.
Stayed at the same place in Thassos for a total of 17 times and never been in the pool with the Aegean Sea being a 5 minute walk away. We tend to wander around no matter how hot it gets although we may have a Mythos on the way to the museum or Costas pottery shop where he will make you a Pythagoras cup for 5 euro which you can collect before you fly home. Also since me and the boss retired, we have been having private tuition to learn Greek having reached intermediate level so that's why we holiday there.The UK has some fantastic places to visit, just sitting by a pool roasting & supping beer & eating would have me bored stiff after the first day. Each to their own I guess.
Fair enough, but I can't seem to get my wife to tackle a decent hike in temperatures approaching 35 deg C. I must admit if given the choice of a foreign Hot holiday, that Greece probably tops our list, had some great trips there Lindos/ Pefkos when they did the Rhodes Rock concerts about 10 years ago. TBH we will go abroad again in the future, but it's the UK for the foreseeable. Funnily enough there was a Costas everywhere we wentStayed at the same place in Thassos for a total of 17 times and never been in the pool with the Aegean Sea being a 5 minute walk away. We tend to wander around no matter how hot it gets although we may have a Mythos on the way to the museum or Costas pottery shop where he will make you a Pythagoras cup for 5 euro which you can collect before you fly home. Also since me and the boss retired, we have been having private tuition to learn Greek having reached intermediate level so that's why we holiday there.
As you say there may not be an alternative this Summer but fingers crossed. An interesting fact is that when you address someone called Costas or Nikos you always drop the end letter hence they become Costa, Niko etc.Fair enough, but I can't seem to get my wife to tackle a decent hike in temperatures approaching 35 deg C. I must admit if given the choice of a foreign Hot holiday, that Greece probably tops our list, had some great trips there Lindos/ Pefkos when they did the Rhodes Rock concerts about 10 years ago. TBH we will go abroad again in the future, but it's the UK for the foreseeable. Funnily enough there was a Costas everywhere we went