green Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Worse than that, he's the labourite planning to borrow £30 mil against future rates and further indebt the city just to keep this fantasy of a mini-meadowhall with no parking on the table. When this reckless gamble fails make the council personally liable for the debt rather than the rest of us would be my suggestion. Im glad someone has pulled this out. When i first read it i was horrified. Now i feel just despair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Im glad someone has pulled this out. When i first read it i was horrified. Now i feel just despair. Its Embarrassing seeing sheffield council on their kness begging Hammerson and using 30M of tax payers money to try and get them to come back to Sheffield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-minx92 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Don't worry folks. Julie is confident that talks on sevenstone will conclude 'soon' Anybody want to hazard a guess how long soon might be? I'll go for two years When did she say this? The Star reported in January- Mr Mothersole added that the council and Hammerson are involved in ‘sensitive high level negotiations which we aim to come to a conclusion very quickly’ so the project can begin. The Star understands a decision on when work will begin is to be made in the next few weeks. I bet Hammerson dont even return SCC's phonecalls anymore! Too busy working on the Leeds project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 The council have begged Hammerson to start Sevenstone and that failed . Their desperation is embarrassing .When will they get the message that Hammerson have long since lost interest in Sheffield . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 (edited) The council have begged Hammerson to start Sevenstone and that failed . Their desperation is embarrassing .When will they get the message that Hammerson have long since lost interest in Sheffield . Can you give substantiated proof of your statement, or is it just guess work and making things up as usual? Edited April 24, 2013 by bazjea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewC Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Can you give substantiated proof of your statement, or is it just guess work and making things up as usual? It's complete guesswork, he does it pretty much all the time. He is however, almost certainly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 Can you give substantiated proof of your statement, or is it just guess work and making things up as usual? When the council have resorted to using £30M of future tax money to try and tempt Hammerson to start building ,then i would say that is desperation wouldnt you. ? http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/kick-hammerson-off-sevenstone-project-1-5606546 Mr Clegg said the Government has provided Sheffield Council with ‘significant’ help by allowing it to use £30 million of future tax receipts towards funding Sevenstone - and that progress is ‘vital’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted April 24, 2013 Share Posted April 24, 2013 It's complete guesswork, he does it pretty much all the time. He is however, almost certainly right. I am aware of that have tried in vain in the past to get answers to questions from him He may probably be right but who knows though, without an official statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallBuilder Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Received an email today from the chief executive which has answered some of my questions, the long and short of it is that Hammerson are still on board, the dates on their web site is for major works to begin although other works such as re-routing services and demolition could occur sooner. As updates become available they will let us know via the media and their own website, I don't like it though as the Star has a tendency sometimes of trying to paint the gloomiest of pictures and obviously rarely gives a complete and accurate record of what is happening. I never knew for example the £30 million is earmarked for the public realm such as highways around the scheme. I don't consider my email to of been a waste of time as if there are enough of them then it's not likely that the council will become lacksidaisiacal in keeping us informed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Received an email today from the chief executive which has answered some of my questions, the long and short of it is that Hammerson are still on board, the dates on their web site is for major works to begin although other works such as re-routing services and demolition could occur sooner. As updates become available they will let us know via the media and their own website, I don't like it though as the Star has a tendency sometimes of trying to paint the gloomiest of pictures and obviously rarely gives a complete and accurate record of what is happening. I never knew for example the £30 million is earmarked for the public realm such as highways around the scheme. I don't consider my email to of been a waste of time as if there are enough of them then it's not likely that the council will become lacksidaisiacal in keeping us informed. Could you share the exact email contents with us, your details redacted of course but mothersole works for us on a handsome wage so it would nice to see exactly what he's saying at the moment regarding sevenstone. cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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