Thanks Roger. Since I’ve an old* bottle wants drinking up I felt obliged to enjoy a dram of Talisker whilst reading your articles. Fascinating...
There's a few on Archwilio. Enter the Search term: 128839 2 results appear, the one you want is in Lampeter and the site owner has kindly...
The Trust control the pub plc but the Trust members’re unlikely to be able to instruct their trustees to do any particular action both because of...
I agree - it’s ultimately down to the client’s wisdom in their choice of advisors. Yes we’re all biased to some degree but any client (or...
If I was tendering for independent consultancy services and one of the bidders asked that question, they wouldn’t get on my shortlist.
Yeo Valley Trust’ve started their own lottery as a small fundraising initiative to help maintain properties owned by themselves & Exmoor...
I don't think anyone's criticised the pub, nor the staff or manager, nor expressed any hope of failure. Just genuine worries about the L&B...
Absolutely spot-on - we don't ever apply logic to railway preservation :) - it just doesn't add up however you try to do it, and that's probably...
I think this thread is getting a bit too pessimistic about the prospects for the OSHI which, it should not be forgotten, is trading at an...
I didn't mean the cost of staging the event which, as you say, must be substantial. I mean the 'concession' allowing ticket-holders to 'rove' all...
Probably, most people don't. This is one of those seemingly 'generous offers' which probably doesn't cost the company very much.
For the foreseeable future it is resolved now isn't it? The Gov 've said they're not willing to fund (and nor is anyone else) even a £137,000...
The Trust/LBBC’ve done the right thing in hiring an experienced manager to run the pub side of their business. The debt-laden financial structure...
The Trust have control of the LBB Co., which does own the site, via their majority shareholdings. However that control could be put at risk if...
My understanding from reading this thread is - in addition to their investment in shareholdings, the Trust loaned £x cash to LBBC part of which...
I think if you stuck to your own policy commitment, posted here in 2020, you might find a much warmer response from most people here. We like to...
You have a very good point - it’s similar motivations (and some of the same people) that powered the WHR revival, the current RVR project and the...
I’m not aware of any serious risk of that situation ever having arisen either at the L&B or any other heritage railway. Are you? If not, perhaps...
The quid pro quo is that members are entitled to seek that their Trustees do not lead the charity astray from its charitable aims. The...
Why worry? Putting an informal ‘The’ in front of a locomotive’s name is nothing to worry about and has, no doubt, been a colloquial practice ever...
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