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The Ageas Bowl has announced that Chief Executive Rod Bransgrove will be stepping down as from 1 December. He will be replaced by David Mann, currently group Financial Director. Bromsgrove will retain his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Since taking the helm at the Club in 2000 as Chairman and Chief...
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Council leader Keith House has announced this evening that Eastleigh Borough Council has finally signed off the controversial Ageas (Rose) Bowl deal. “We are now the proud owners of a stadium” he told a depleted cabinet meeting – witnessed by just one member of the public. The £6 million pound purchase is part of...
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Eastleigh Councillors will be updated on progress with the Ageas Bowl development at their meeting on Thursday 26 July. In December 2011 the Council confirmed their approval to invest in a new four star hotel as part of the Ageas Bowl redevelopment and approved the purchase of the 167 acre site, subject to a...
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lt was July 2009 when it was first publicly announced that Eastleigh Borough Council was to borrow £30m and loan it on to The Rose Bowl Company to enable them to fund the building of their luxury Hotel. Its existence was said to be essential if Test Match Cricket was to be secured and...
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Hopes that Eastleigh Council’s planned hotel resort at the Aegeas Bowl would be able to cash in on Southampton’s lucrative cruise ship trade took a blow today after Shipping Minister Mike Penning said Liverpool could become a turnaround port for cruise ships provided if they handed back part of a multi million pound taxpayer...
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Information released by the Audit Commission suggests that Eastleigh Borough Council offers poor value for money for taxpayers when compared to other councils. Spending per head on many key services is at best average or below average. Total net spend per was £358 per head last year compared to an average £1,104 per head...
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Eastleigh Council have been accused of ‘steamrollering through’ their decision to purchase the Rose Bowl cricket stadium for £6.5 million. John Martin, a West End resident and Ukip activist challenged a poorly attended meeting of the performance and policy panel last Wednesday over the haste the council had shown in pursuing the proposed deal. Mr Martin...
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Eastleigh Council’s cabinet may have set a national record tonight for the fastest ever council meeting after the cabinet opened and closed its session within a minute with no debate. The meeting which opened at 6.30pm was declared closed at 6.31 after the cabinet voted to pass on the decision on a £36 million Rose Bowl...
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Eastleigh Councillors will decide tonight whether to use £6 million worth of taxpayers’ money to buy the Rose Bowl cricket ground and fund the building of a £30 million Hotel . This follows Tuesdays special meeting of the Resources Scrutiny Committee who gave the scheme a ‘thumbs up’ despite warnings from Vice Chair John...
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West End’s Rose Bowl cricket ground has been on the verge of going bust says The Daily Echo. Echo Chief Reporter Julian Robinson claims to have had sight of a top secret report from Eastleigh council finance boss Nick Tustian which states that the cricket ground was in danger of going into administration earlier...
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The Borough of Eastleigh is set to stage an historic ‘first ever’ south coast Test Match when England entertains Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl starting today. The Rose Bowl, which is situated at West End in the heart of the borough, is set to welcome tens of thousands of cricket fans over five...
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Eastleigh council are searching for an artist to provide artwork on a local roundabout. There is £45,000 available to provide a piece of public art for the mini roundabout on Marshall Drive, West End, which is the access road for the Rose Bowl Cricket ground. There is already an existing artwork at the junction...
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The creation of 500 jobs at the proposed new Police Headquarters in Eastleigh looks under threat as Hampshire Police Authority announce they will review the plans for the Chandlers Ford site in the light forthcoming cuts in the Police budget. The plans will up for discussion at the Police authority meeting on July 20th....
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The number of hotel firms going bust jumped last year by 61%, accountancy firm Wilkins Kennedy has said as the benefits of the weak pound and the ‘staycation’ summer were offset by the slump in business travel. Hotel chains to go under last year included McKever Hotels, Folio, the Real Hotel Group, Comfort Inn,...
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A High Court Judge has dismissed a call for a judicial review into Eastleigh Borough Council’s decision to fund the building of a 175 bedroom 5 star hotel saying it had “no realistic chance of success”. Local hoteliers including the Holiday Inn, had challenged the council’s decision to waste £32m of public money on...
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