Nelson venue celebrating an ACE first year (From This Is Lancashire)

When Florence and the Machine came to town last year I thought this was a new dawn for music in East Lancashire, it was great night and certainly got the place buzzin. but 12 months later adding Mr Hudson and a Burnley Football player doing Karaoke to your guest list, it turned out to be a false dawn. Its great you have local bands performing but your way off the mark for other up and coming national bands/ artists and you can't keep living off the back of having had Florence (who I think was obtained more through luck than judgement. Where was the advertising for her gig when she came to town)? Come on ACE Centre its time to start delivering. You've a fantastic product to market. Who selling it? Give me a go? (Can't do any worse) There are lots of good up and coming bands/ artists out there who are passing you by. In the meantime I wait with baited breath to see who's been booked next while attending other music venues.

This is what PLT does with regard to managing their services.

What a farce!

FREDF2009, Burnley says...
11:12am Thu 3 Jun 10

"Currently the area pinpointed for the treatment and beauty rooms is used to sell a variety of leisure equipment.
But budget studies have shown that this is not generating a sufficient financial return for the trust."

Three important points:

1. It is common knowledge that this aspect of the business has moved to Blackburn.
2. Mike Blomemley is not competent to be chairing the Executive as his only previous experience was chairing the Reedley Parish Council Meetings, the Conservatives yet again are shirking their responsibilities.
3. When did Pendle Council become a bank to lend money that belongs to the taxpayer to organisations such as Pendle Leisure Trust, what will the return of investment be on the £220k being given for the tax payer in terms of finance not services provided?
This is the same leisure trust that received substantial amounts of funding through SRB for the extension of Wavelengths to serve people that live in deprived communities to provide services that would be affordable, have they done this? NO! Please read a snippet of the article below and see how Phil Storey the CEO of Pendle Leisure Trust & Stephen Barnes, Pendle Council Chief Executive are taking the "michael". This should be looked in to by Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

Spas not only make a leisure centre's assets work harder in the current
economic climate but they also "offer extensive financial opportunities
and are a resounding success with the local community when combined with the right mix of facilities," according to Phil Storey, Chief Executive of Pendle Leisure. Since being redeveloped by CLOA Sponsor Alliance Leisure -http://www.alliance

leisure.co.uk/index.

asp - in June 2007, consistent
growth and income has been generated from the new buildings at Pendle Wavelengths Inside Spa, which has risen by 134% over the last year. Spa income alone has grown by 154%, while treatment bookings have increased by
a huge 205% and spa admissions by 120%.

The question then needs to be asked why does PLT every year keep coming back to Pendle Council for an INCREASED amount of funding to provide leisure services when they are making money themselves, they should be putting their hands in their own pocket first before coming to the taxpayer!
"Currently the area pinpointed for the treatment and beauty rooms is used to sell a variety of leisure equipment. But budget studies have shown that this is not generating a sufficient financial return for the trust." Three important points: 1. It is common knowledge that this aspect of the business has moved to Blackburn. 2. Mike Blomemley is not competent to be chairing the Executive as his only previous experience was chairing the Reedley Parish Council Meetings, the Conservatives yet again are shirking their responsibilities. 3. When did Pendle Council become a bank to lend money that belongs to the taxpayer to organisations such as Pendle Leisure Trust, what will the return of investment be on the £220k being given for the tax payer in terms of finance not services provided? This is the same leisure trust that received substantial amounts of funding through SRB for the extension of Wavelengths to serve people that live in deprived communities to provide services that would be affordable, have they done this? NO! Please read a snippet of the article below and see how Phil Storey the CEO of Pendle Leisure Trust & Stephen Barnes, Pendle Council Chief Executive are taking the "michael". This should be looked in to by Lancashire Evening Telegraph. Spas not only make a leisure centre's assets work harder in the current economic climate but they also "offer extensive financial opportunities and are a resounding success with the local community when combined with the right mix of facilities," according to Phil Storey, Chief Executive of Pendle Leisure. Since being redeveloped by CLOA Sponsor Alliance Leisure -http://www.alliance leisure.co.uk/index. asp - in June 2007, consistent growth and income has been generated from the new buildings at Pendle Wavelengths Inside Spa, which has risen by 134% over the last year. Spa income alone has grown by 154%, while treatment bookings have increased by a huge 205% and spa admissions by 120%. The question then needs to be asked why does PLT every year keep coming back to Pendle Council for an INCREASED amount of funding to provide leisure services when they are making money themselves, they should be putting their hands in their own pocket first before coming to the taxpayer!

I THINK!! NO SORRY I KNOW SOMEBODY IS TELLING LIES ABOUT THE ACE CENTRE BEING ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT VENUES IN EAST LANCASHIRE???? WHEN I MENTION THE CENTRE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE PENDLE,THEY SAY ACE WHO!!! NOBODY KNOWS ITS THERE!!! ONLY THE PEOPLE OF PENDLE WHO HAVE THE MOST STUPID COUNCIL IN THE COUNTRY WITH OTHER PEOPLES MONEY,IE, ACE CENTRE,THE NEW COUNCIL BUILDING [THATS STILL 70%UNOCCUPIED,THE NEW BLOCK PAVEMENT OUTSIDE TOWN HALL,IT TOOK LONGER TO LAY THAN IT TOOK TO LAY FIRST STRETCH OF THE M6 AND PROBABLY COST AS MUCH,NOW WE HAVE THE DAFTEST TRICK YET PUTTING A ONE WAY ROAD THROUGH NELSON TOWN CENTRE,WHY????? THE TOWN IS DEAD AND BURIED BUT NOBODY HAS TOLD THE COUNCIL LEADERS,WHO THROW MONEY ROUND LIKE ITS GOING OUT OF FASHION,,,,IDIOTS THE LOT OF THEM

Robert

Calm down a LITTLE...

THANK YOU BARRY!!! BUT THE CRETINS GET ME SO ANGRY!!!

They should get Half Man Half Biscuit to play there. Perfect band for a venue and following for that place. Come on organisers, get Britain's best band to play there.

Agree with you Robert, they do not have a clue, none whatsover!!!