Firm closing

[Newsdesk]

10 minutes ago, Non-Believer said:

If it's still the same ones who tried to turn the Mooragh Park's cafe (now Costa) into a "bistro" then I'm not surprised.

But look at the terms of the ‘license’ in Schedule 1

https://www.gov.im/media/1377841/220218_engrossments.pdf

You can’t even fart without the approval of IOMG. 

The Licensee must ensure that the range and content of the food and drink and other refreshments on offer to the public is suitable to the nature and available facilities and regularly reviewed and agreed with the Licensor

1.6. The pricing of the food and drink and other refreshments shall be benchmarked against and in line with other comparable establishments on the Isle of Man and to reflect the quality of the offer provided. At all times the pricing policy and range of products is required to be commensurate with our customers' expectations and regularly reviewed and agreed with the Licensor

1.7. All promotion and or marketing activity for the Premises shall be jointly agreed between the parties.

1.8. The Licensee shall display and make available at the Premises any information or leaflets in relation to the Premises PROVIDED that such information has been agreed in accordance with paragraph 1.7 of this Schedule and as a result of such agreement the Licensor has agreed the information can be displayed and made available within the Premises

1.14. The Licensee must provide members of the Wildlife Park to a 10% discount on all hot food purchased in the Premises upon the production of a valid and unexpired Wildlife Park Membership Card

1.15. The Licensee must minimise the use of any single use plastic within the Premises

1.16. The Licensee must maximise the use and sell locally grown and manufactured food and beverages within the Premises (provided that such produce is reasonably availableon the Isle of Man)

[Dave Hedgehog]

So no flamingo baps then.

*cancels tender*

[Newsdesk]

Just now, Dave Hedgehog said:

So no flamingo baps then.

*cancels tender*

Or Palm Oil 

1.19. The Licensee must use all reasonable endeavours to put implement and adhere to a sustainable palm oil policy as required by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums

[Kopek]

So, pretty standard Govt tender then? Once you have your foot in the door you can do as you like!!!

[WTF]

2 hours ago, Dave Hedgehog said:

Cafe at the wildlife park urgently looking for a new operator now as well.

they sold a load of kitchen equipment off a few weeks ago so it probably needs a refit before a burger can be flipped.

[The Phantom]

Looks like the Railway Station  and dining car are now out to tender too!

[Lightening McQueen]

7 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Looks like the Railway Station  and dining car are now out to tender too!

Wasn’t Longtail involved in those?

[Non-Believer]

7 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Looks like the Railway Station  and dining car are now out to tender too!

Had to wait until Longworth pissed off to do it?

[Roger Mexico]

50 minutes ago, The Phantom said:

Looks like the Railway Station  and dining car are now out to tender too!

I suspect it was overdue for renewal.  Watterson had a WQ in recently: What the timetable is for retendering the dining train service.  So someone had probably been complaining.

[0bserver]

8 hours ago, Lightening McQueen said:

Wasn’t Longtail involved in those?

Who do you think is going to tender? Lol

Edited September 21, 2022 by 0bserver

[asitis]

11 hours ago, Newsdesk said:

You can’t even fart without the approval of IOMG. 

This across all sectors, as I've posted many times before we are drowning in red tape ! As we have an island full of administrators who add eff all to GDP, but just empire build to keep their pencil necks in a non job.

It's not going to alter until a large number are shipped out into the private sector to work, but then MHK's would lose their block vote. Business and investment are strangled by these people.

[AndrewNgobeni]

On 8/25/2022 at 11:31 PM, BriT said:

That’s sad for £9.50 it is one of the most over hyped eateries in Douglas. Can’t even afford to give you a whole knife full of butter! 

I think this statement is also overhyped/exaggerated 😅

[Mercenary]

4 hours ago, asitis said:

This across all sectors, as I've posted many times before we are drowning in red tape ! As we have an island full of administrators who add eff all to GDP, but just empire build to keep their pencil necks in a non job.

It's not going to alter until a large number are shipped out into the private sector to work, but then MHK's would lose their block vote. Business and investment are strangled by these people.

Half of it is probably to address Moorhouse questions about the type of plastic bottles used.

 

Ultimately it is driven by local politics, if there is any kind of issue or sniff of a scandal it would be fingers pointed at DEFA, and then that drives the onerous lease terms.

[Steady Eddie]

4 hours ago, asitis said:

This across all sectors, as I've posted many times before we are drowning in red tape ! As we have an island full of administrators who add eff all to GDP, but just empire build to keep their pencil necks in a non job.

A recurring theme of the last two days at the government conference has been red tape. Government just don’t get it about how difficult it is to do anything no matter how simple here and how many ‘computer says no’ jobsworths they employ. It’s not going to change either as the gap between perception and reality is far too wide for them to even see from their ivory towers. 

[Andy Onchan]

16 minutes ago, Steady Eddie said:

A recurring theme of the last two days at the government conference has been red tape. Government just don’t get it about how difficult it is to do anything no matter how simple here and how many ‘computer says no’ jobsworths they employ. It’s not going to change either as the gap between perception and reality is far too wide for them to even see from their ivory towers. 

That's because they have been increasingly risk averse. No one, it seems, can make a decision these days without referral to the AG's office. And probably for good reason. The issue with that though is that policy only seems to apply to some and not all departments.