Save Our Princess Pavilion

Dedicated to saving the Princess Pavilion from corporate ruin. People of Falmouth/Cornwall — cherish and protect your public spaces and venues

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@Holmes_1981 Agreed, no offence meant. The Regal's a great venue. It aimed to highlight the contradiction that a venue in a wealthy/busy town like Falmouth should be doing better rather than appear derogatory. I can see now it wasn't quite worded correctly so may seem that way. Apologies.

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One's a renowned events venue in vibrant Falmouth, the other a cinema in Redruth. Forget GLL rhetoric about improving the venue, the evidence is here.

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"I paid £23 to watch 'From the Jam' recently at the Pavilion, they came on at 9pm and finished at 10pm. There were no support bands and the show lasted 1 hour! WTF!?" — Mr. Disgruntled Member of the Public

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New Pavilion manager, Mo Gutale running a great venue these days ... couldn't help but notice the 'best of UK talent' on the poster boards around town.

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@Crittercat1966 All the full-timers were on contracts including some of the bar staff, the chefs and even the kitchen porter with just the part-time bar staff on casual contracts

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GLL promotes itself as a Social Enterprise and claims that its non-profit making status means that when it takes over a contract, its not privatisation and that therefore the concerns associated with privatisation do not apply. The truth is very different. https://t.co/35zVcS3vS4

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@Crittercat1966 All the staff are on zero hour contracts apart from the manager and three duty managers - so about 75% at least i reckon.

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Worrying indeed. https://t.co/IKp5FHkG2b

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Not just Cornwall then ... https://t.co/IKp5FHkG2b

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New staffing structure at the Pav would allow for an easy termination of operations: Temporary Manager is consultant Mo Gutale on £50k p/a — under him: 3 duty managers in their 20s on new GLL contracts. Everybody else on zero-hour casual contracts. Long term project right?

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@JayneKirkham4 Can you pls send me a message and i'll provide an email address? It would be interesting to ask the question about what GLL are and are no allowed to do to the venue (ie: I believe it's just the bandstand that is protected) and what their real plans are.

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In 2018 the Pav lost its site manager, events manager and restaurant supervisor (over 20 year combined service - all deeply unhappy working under GLL. By the end of 2017 all of the chefs had left joining the exodus of bar staff and the bar manager. This is no coincidence. #Toxic

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@better_cornwall @GLL_UK

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The image below is a statement from one of PP's ex-employees. Thoughts ... How about treating your employees as people not commodities. Garnering mutual respect. And honouring and conveying company descriptions such as 'social enterprise'

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@Hayley_cakes81 Yes maybe, but they're monitoring this anyway.

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@JayneKirkham4 Hi Jayne, I'm not sure. At this stage it's about revealing the information so public know what's going on there and how many people have lost their jobs / how the business is being badly run. Maybe the tender contract with Cornwall Council can be explored closer? Any suggestions?

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GLL website: "We’re a charitable social enterprise that exists for the benefit of everyone in your community." ... okay then, so everyone apart from long serving employees? And 'benefit' must mean the community prefers 'not' having a vibrant venue full of exciting shows. Thanks!

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So GLL explain this one? How is employing a business consultant from London to manage the Princess Pavilion — on £50k a year (with no experience of Cornwall) — better than adequately supporting the old manager of 10+ years on almost half that salary better for Cornwall?

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Business Buzzwords in Cornwall: 'Locally Sourced' ... a story begins in the mind of local people working together to offer the customer something from Cornwall. Whether it's food, sincerity or a Cornish welcome, the 'locally sourced' Cornwall is the Better Cornwall.

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The circled building is Gyllyngdune Cottage — used for many years as offices for accounts/management — but due to GLL centralising many admin roles to London, these offices would make a great project for a holiday-let right? Great views of that iconic Edwardian bandstand too.