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If the person is employed by a business to put them up – ultimately it would be the business being prosecuted. If there is no contract in place (which in most cases there probably isn’t as this is often done by cash in hand)then the individual can be prosecuted. There are some case that has been reported where the flyposter won’t say who is paying him so he gets prosecuted even though it is obvious by the details on the poster to see who is paying for them
I can assure you I am a doer and not just a “keyboard warrior”
I am unsure about your analogy of the Clapham community cleanup and flyposting cleanups.
The first was as a result of civil unrest/action – Flyposting has a clear financial benefit for those running events- anyone making financial gains from flyposting should be fined/charged for the cleanup. They can be tracked down easily – I will reiterate that this is a case of people being paid to do a job on behalf of residents who are not fulfilling their responsibilities to ratepayers.
Simple if someone does not do a job that they are paid to do they should be removed and the funding used to employ someone who will do what is needed.We already have a “team” of paid staff wandering the streets of Wrexham that could have the removal added to their job description- Street Scene operatives already go around so why cat they take them down when they first appear.
Are all these flyposters setting them up under the cover of darkness or during the day in full view? If flyposting was defined as more kit – which has been done in some Council areas then Kingdom should get it sorted (appreciate not much chance under current arrangements).Is Andrew Atkinson a self-publicist or in fact Councillor that is doing more than others!! For many people, their Councilor is faceless and only to be seen every five years leading to an election whilst hibernating for the other four.
This is not about a pop at an individual it reflects on the way people are being asked to volunteer to do something that the Council as a whole has a legal responsibility to sort. Volunteering should be about doing ‘extras’ for the community not to do the work of paid officials. There are enough other volunteering roles that people could do – helping in Nightingale, Playgrounds, Football Clubs etc. Time is precious and should be used for others not doing roles such as cleaning the flyposters.
As an income generator, the Council in year one is unlikely to make a single £1. The actual cost of purchasing a machine and installation is approx £10 – £5500 for the machine and £4,500 for installation, tarmac etc. more if the machines are mains electric rather than solar). On top of this is the cost of a security firm to empty the machines (currently planned as daily). As most people in business will tell you income is not profit.
The principle of having an asset (car park) and lots of users (paying to use the asset) is logical but in this instance does not balance the books. The only solution then will be to increase the charge from £1 day to a level that actually achieves what the Council want which is profit. The Council have made no statement to cover the implication of insufficient revenue to cover the cost of the machine and ongoing operational expenses.
This is one for Wrexham.com to press the Council on for an answer to what happens if the car parking charges actually don’t generate enough income, will they turn the machines off and scrap the scheme. The above costings are going to be roughly the same on all the sites – Ty Mawr visitor numbers are 25% less than Alyn Waters.
Great they have the funding as clearly the £300 that the Welfare Rights Department charge. My point re AA was taken from Wrexham.com report will view the whole webcast when it becomes available. There is still the whole issue of why it became personal and political infighting.
I wonder what interest if any do the Wingett family have in the consultancy firm that has been employed at £200k for feasibility work- as there are no public accounts available this at this stage it is unknown but is bound to be an avenue the Charity Commission will explore.
It is quite surprising that this has taken so long to get into the general public domain – clearly, some very disgruntled volunteers have brought it to the attention of the media.
The Charity Commission is so slow on picking up on charities that don’t file accounts which surely would be the starting int- continuing not to file should have triggered alarm bells considering the level of funds that had been held.
The whole Dragon project appears to have been a vanity project that has had little merit and so distant from the original aims of the charity to be non-existent.
Why do some people become sucked into vanity schemes of this nature and then lose sight of what they are supposed to be doing – raising funds for people with cancer to relieve their suffering?
Although Eagles Meadow had a really good write up in the press recently even they are already getting empty units. If Poundland is closing how many others are in a precarious position. Looking in the business press the next that will be going will be phone shops as consumers are planning on longer to a phone and moving to SIM deals which are not as profitable as full-blown contract phones. How long can the shops that only offer a single network survive – consumers want competition so will go to locations where they can look against different networks.
We have to except that within 2 years it is predicted that there will; be an increase in vacant retail store space by 30% plus. The towns of the future will not be a recreation of the towns that used to flourish – consumers are driving change at a faster rate than traditional store-based retailers are able to cope.
Town Centre shopping is almost a secondary reason for many people visiting an area- more than ever people go to town for social reasons- for this treason they are looking for alternate locations to meet up with friends and do not need a town center. An example of this is Bellis’s Farm Shop in Holt — look at the numbers in the cafe then look how many people leave the shop with no carrier bags or a trolley not many, as they have gone to socialize with family or friends not purchase items for the garden.
