In the aftermath of the convenient fire that took out the “for sale” Grand hotel last year, the neighbouring Paris Casino was one of the victims, leaving up to 60 staff out of work. Yesterday the almighty Gasjet revealed that the council was trying to kill this business completely by only granting the owner a [...more]
Blackpool Council’s top brass are today sending letters out to staff telling them they are getting massive paycuts or payrises. Apparently the payrises are MAINLY among lower-paid workers. Note the emphasis on mainly, I am probably being paranoid but I think the other ones getting payrises will be the already grossly overpaid directors. Our useless [...more]
Just thought I would update you on why the site was offline last night, although you probably can guess. The comments on the “two jobsworths out” thread were getting unpleasant and personal, resulting in legal threats against myself from History Hunter of the Thornton Through Time website. I had no access to a computer at [...more]
Blackpool Council executives Julian Kearsley and Steve Pullan have been relieved of their positions and will be leaving their Council offices next month in a blitz of cost cutting. Steve Weaver will no doubt be extremely pleased as it means he’ll end up getting “more responsibility” which equates to “more money”. Apparently ten other staff [...more]
Dec 222009
I’ve never been much of a fan of insurance companies. They pump your premium up for no apparent reason. They pluck quotes out of thin air and can conveniently slash hundreds of pounds off the price if you say you got a cheaper quote elsewhere (which means they were ripping you off in the first [...more]
Dec 212009
I had to take my girlfriend to the new NHS Primary Care Centre on Whitegate Drive today after she had an accident involving a work Christmas party, lots of alcohol and high heels. I’m sure you can figure the rest, needless to say she has trouble walking at the moment! We walked into reception and [...more]
Blackpool Council have today released an announcement criticizing Leisure Parcs, Coral Island and the Pleasure Beach for not contributing to the cost of the Illuminations. In a whimper for help, the “illuminations manager” (what he does for 10 months of the year I don’t know) – backed up by Maxine Callow – has called for [...more]
Aug 272009
It turns out there may have been something behind the recent and sudden shift in timescale for the Government’s proposed anti-file sharing measures. I may be miles behind on this given that the Sunday Times reported it a few weeks ago, but it appears on the face of it that Handy Mandy is behind it [...more]