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James beat me to it – they are non-specific ads generated by Google based off what the big G believe is most relevant.
That can be based off the page content, or ‘interests’ which G works out from various things about you/your connection/your search history, or remarketing from third party sites. For example, we have been fiddling with some office stuff so currently I am seeing ads for VOIP phones wherever I go online! Dell and Amazon are quite persistent on that front.
Hopefully the G ads wont be about for too long as its just ‘backfill’ – any any specific annoyances post it up and we will look at it as the whole point is not to be one of those sites with several video ads, overlay ads and an advert over an advert about advertising :)
Not 100% sure but there was a missing boy in Acrefair around that time, thankfully he was found safe by morning.
There is some meat on the bones with the PDF draft Masterplan published today: http://www.yourvoicewrexham.net/UploadedFiles/09061005102015.pdf
If you have connections there are you able to discover the locally rumoured treatment of the now former employees?
NCP apparently are offering some part time roles, but in Manchester, which does seem a rather different commute. Likewise it seems long term season ticket holders had around 3-4 weeks notice however employees were around a week.
If you have the contacts to find out if that is the case it would be useful, and perhaps alert them to some experienced local workers who could do the job under a new operator?
Reviving this from July as the consultation is now open.
Consultation Opens For Proposed Conversion Of People’s Market To Arts Hub
In terms of reports I FOI’ed a copy of Quaterbridge as follows:
[i]Is it possible to request a copy (digital or otherwise) of the so called ‘Quarterbridge Report’. The formal report name is unknown, but this request is for the document that is the result of the work undertaken by Quarterbridge Project Management Limited to look at the long term future of the town centre markets. They are believed to have been commissioned sometime in 2013-14.
Previously it has been stated publicly that the report contains content that cannot be shared for data protection and copyright reasons.
I would request the release redact the information that is believed to cause data protection issues. For the copyright issue I am advised that such information is permitted for disclosure under FOI legislation, however the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act still stands on its further use or publication after disclosure. Therefore is it possible to indicate which sections WCBC believes are copyrighted in the release?[/i]
The FOI was refused.
[i]The information you have requested was provided to the Council in confidence and, having consulted with the company who provided it, the Council has been advised that they believe its disclosure could severely impact their own commercial interests as the information includes their working methodology which could be copied by rival businesses.
The Council is satisfied that the information is covered by the law of confidence, as it was given on the understanding of confidentiality, it has the necessary quality of confidence and there does appear to be a real likelihood that the company who provided it could suffer a detriment if the information was disclosed.[/i]
and further
[i]The Council considered that there is significant public interest in transparency and accountability and that there would be a great amount of local interest in the future of the town centre markets. On the other side of the balance, however, the Council was of the view that the potential commercial detriment on the authors of the report could not be understated and that there was also a public interest in free and open competition. Having weighed these factors, the Council came to the conclusion that disclosure would not be in the public interest and accordingly, the Council is unable to provide you with a copy of the information.[/i]
No decision on internal reviews or restructuring the request has been made, but to me it is a shame that a document that is being leaned on to make wider decisions about the town is not something that members of the public can see.
One minor note in terms of Council staff and the town centre – the cuts will have an impact on some local business, as many do use local outlets before / lunch / after work etc.
Have heard a few versions of this – with one quite precise one yesterday so a query was sent to WH Smith HQ who replied today: “I can confirm that the Wrexham store is not due for closure”.
Recently the Post Office have said they are not moving either from town.
Locally though it seems the message is the opposite, with Gwersyllt being mentioned three times now separately.
