golach
27-Mar-13, 20:07
Well really the Second Homecoming, to bolster Eck and his cronies in 2014!!! WHY???
Look what happened in 2009, another of Ecks fiascos that we have had to foot the bill for. Because of poor advance ticket sales and a failure to keep costs down led to the event making a £600,000 loss.
The organisers failed to pay Historic Scotland £73,000 for the use of Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Park.
Debts of £27,200 owed to the police and £12,000 to the ambulance service were unpaid, as was £24,000 to Edinburgh City Council to facilitate the closing of the Royal Mile for the clan parade. £300,000 of debts owed to various contractors, suppliers and performers were also unmet.
The Scottish Government, which gave The Gathering £280,000 from its own budget and those of EventScotland and Homecoming, was also forced to write off a £180,000 loan agreed just weeks before the event to ensure it went ahead as planned.
The Gathering 2009 Ltd also made a £38,000 loan to another firm, Panalba, partly owned by Lord Sempil and 'similar people' to The Gathering 2009 Ltd which was also written off.
Is this necessary, in my opinion NO, Eck wants to make a name for himself ..........Again, at our expense
Look what happened in 2009, another of Ecks fiascos that we have had to foot the bill for. Because of poor advance ticket sales and a failure to keep costs down led to the event making a £600,000 loss.
The organisers failed to pay Historic Scotland £73,000 for the use of Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Park.
Debts of £27,200 owed to the police and £12,000 to the ambulance service were unpaid, as was £24,000 to Edinburgh City Council to facilitate the closing of the Royal Mile for the clan parade. £300,000 of debts owed to various contractors, suppliers and performers were also unmet.
The Scottish Government, which gave The Gathering £280,000 from its own budget and those of EventScotland and Homecoming, was also forced to write off a £180,000 loan agreed just weeks before the event to ensure it went ahead as planned.
The Gathering 2009 Ltd also made a £38,000 loan to another firm, Panalba, partly owned by Lord Sempil and 'similar people' to The Gathering 2009 Ltd which was also written off.
Is this necessary, in my opinion NO, Eck wants to make a name for himself ..........Again, at our expense