Category Archives: Local government

Certainly not spelling city are we?

Posted on July 27, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger
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World Cup footBALLS: parklife

Posted on July 18, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Still wondering where this £100m in revenue the city council reckons can be made from hosting a World Cup is actually going to come from. We already know that all the big money from TV rights goes to FIFA, not … Continue reading →

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What a difference a day makes …

Posted on July 16, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

This new local online news thingy, Bristol 24/7, reported on Tuesday: Simon Cook – executive member for the culture, sport and tourism projects executive – told a press conference held at the Marriott Hotel, College Green, that the costs of … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS: part two – the marketing case?

Posted on July 14, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Saturday’s Comment in the Evening Cancer about the World Cup bid went on to claim, “there is the invaluable prospect of fantastic publicity for the city” Really? In September 2007, Egbert Oldenboom from MeerWaarde Sport and Economics in Amsterdam published … Continue reading →

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World Cup footBALLS: part one – business case?

Posted on July 13, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

By chief sports writer, Sell Outter Has the Evening Cancer realised it might have made a mistake believing senior council officer Stephen Wray’s absurd estimate that £100m could come into the city as a result of a successful World Cup … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 10, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Bristol City Council’s frantic fact-free analysis-lite World Cup fantasy PR campaign in the pages of the Evening Cancer, fronted by Eddie Large and supported by an increasing cast of financially ignorant nobodies, continues apace. Latest news is that the usual … Continue reading →

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Glossary of Bristol City Council terms: free lunch

Posted on July 8, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Free Lunch: There is such a thing at Bristol City Council. Paid for by you. Always organic and Fair Trade. See also conference, Lord Mayor, expenses.

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News release: BEDMINSTER RESIDENTS AGAINST TESCO’S EXPANSION INTO ASHTON GATE (BERATE)

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

NEWS 5th July 2009 Greater Bedminster Residents meet to form “No-Superstore” Campaign Group More than 70 people from Greater Bedminster packed into a meeting room at the Southville Centre on Friday night, to hear more about the proposed Tesco superstore … Continue reading →

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Phew!

Posted on July 5, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

What a relief for us all. Isn’t it lucky that Bristol City Council employed a new Chief Executive and gave them an inflation busting 30% pay rise just last year? It’s even luckier that this Chief Exec then spent the … Continue reading →

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Tesco: value range vagueness from the Dim Prawn

Posted on July 3, 2009 by The Bristol Blogger

Lucky recipients of South Bristol MP Dawn Primarolo’s ‘Hear From Your MP’ e-newsletter will have already read the Prawn’s fence-sitting on Tesco’s at Ashton Gate. But here it is for the rest of you: ASHTON GATE SITE Several residents have … Continue reading →

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