He wont go to Melton. ERYC will never give him planning permission. The residents of Melton and North Ferriby would be up in arms. He can say what he likes but it will never happen.

I wouldn't totally disagree.

What I would say is that, a businessman with a track record of success should have been offered more respect than to have snidey, disprovable half truths about discussions posted in the media. A more professional way would have been to look for the common ground and work out from there, not start with a swift "no" to an assumption. More faith should have been put in the experts so that clearer offers could be put to politicians. As I keep saying, investors are in short supply in this region, the way this has been handled will only make that worse.

Ruscador?



Perhaps Allam could start by keeping his trap shut instead of waffling on about ASBOs, comas etc?

It does seem more than coincidence that whenever he opens his mouth, some idiot speaks

I reckon you're right about the asbo comments, but I hardly think a man that can turn less than nothing into £250 million meets the definition of idiot.

The ruscador thing's been covered to bits when he took over the club. The proof of that non-pudding includes local business still having confidence in him. If it's past records being compared, the docks strike did so much to benefit this region didn't they?

UK land prices fall 33% in one year!(200icon_cool.gif

"Residential development land has dropped by a third in value over the past year. Yorkshire and Humberside have been worst hit by the downturn, with land in all categories now worth about half its value from a year ago. The north-west has also been badly affected, with drops of 41 per cent and 36 per cent for brownfield and greenfield sites. The capital has avoided the full impact, with land prices in inner London falling by just 10 per cent. Outer London areas have fared only marginally worse, with a fall of 15 per cent over the past year."

Roo (Allam)climbed off, and sat down next to him.
"Oo, Tigger, (Pearson)" he said excitedly, "are we at the top?"
"No," said Tigger.(Pearson)
"Are we going to the top?" (Allam)
"No," said Tigger. (Pearson)
"Oh!" said Roo(Allam) rather sadly. And then he went on hopefully: "That was a lovely bit just now, when you pretended we were going to fall-bump-to-the-bottom, and we didn't. Will you do that bit again?"
"NO," said Tigger. (Pearson)

Make Me Laugh......

Wasps RU owner about to walk as the council won't back his "sporting village" development...& he's talking about alternative sites for this development...sound familiar? www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oc ... evelopment

Wasps RU owner about to walk as the council won't back his "sporting village" development...& he's talking about alternative sites for this development...sound familiar? www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/oc ... evelopment

Really? How much did Hull sell for? Was this ever revealed? I recall £750k & a "seven figure" amount both being quoted in the local media...& wasn't the Boulevard independently valued at c. £120k?

Your miles out on both figures

Given Saint Helens got £3m for the land that Knowsley Road occupied about 3 years ago a 120K valuation for the boulevard just over 10 years ago sounds

There's a bit of a clue in the title and within the text that it's land.There's quite a few articles on the financial pages discussing land being a good investment. Logic of supply and demand really, more people need more space to live and more food to be grown so more market competition.

It's immaterial because it was a building Hull City Council paid far more than an earlier valuation for.