player Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Was in Greens in the Railway Station in Douglas today. They had a notice up to say they won't be operating after the 31st December as they were not awarded the lease which went out to tender. They've been there 21 years. It seems the DOTL have awarded the contract to someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hedgehog Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Hopefully the replacement will sell nothing but meat. Bit of balance and all that. Isn't the fella behind Greens now in St Johns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spangle Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Was in Greens in the Railway Station in Douglas today. They had a notice up to say they won't be operating after the 31st December as they were not awarded the lease which went out to tender. They've been there 21 years. It seems the DOTL have awarded the contract to someone else. That's dreadful to give such short notice on the lease too. Nice xmas present to the leaseholders and their staff. Why is the DOTL allowed to do this?? I'm not saying that they cannot change the leaseholders but there should be something in place to give proper notice. I hope they charge the DOTl for all the stock they have had to purchase but won't get used by 31st! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOMRS97 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 See my earlier post in 'Food & Drink' "Posted 01 December 2010 - 02:49 PM Tried lunch there today - Lancashire Hotpot - very good. Shame that Nigel is having to quit Greens at the end of the month though." Its DCCL by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 That's dreadful to give such short notice on the lease too. Nice xmas present to the leaseholders and their staff. Why is the DOTL allowed to do this?? I'm not saying that they cannot change the leaseholders but there should be something in place to give proper notice. I hope they charge the DOTl for all the stock they have had to purchase but won't get used by 31st! They might of had 12 or 6 months notice who's to know? It didn't say when they were told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOMRS97 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 That's dreadful to give such short notice on the lease too. Nice xmas present to the leaseholders and their staff. Why is the DOTL allowed to do this?? I'm not saying that they cannot change the leaseholders but there should be something in place to give proper notice. I hope they charge the DOTl for all the stock they have had to purchase but won't get used by 31st! They might of had 12 or 6 months notice who's to know? It didn't say when they were told. I believe they were told on 30 November. They had to tender for renewal of the lease but there were four applicants and one of the others was successful. It therefore wasn't a total surprise but after 21 years...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 but after 21 years...... Someone offered more than the current tenant and so gets the use of the premises - that's how the letting business works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Greens is great, I will be sad to see it go They're a tough act to follow, but Ye Olde Tynwaldeeeeee is rather lovely and they do a wicked afternoon tea, scones with homemade Strawberry jam (diet shmiet), medium sliced bread sarnies, well nice. The Douglas food scene is a bit flooded, maybe they didn't put up too much of a fight, who knows eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean South Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 See my earlier post in 'Food & Drink' "Posted 01 December 2010 - 02:49 PM Tried lunch there today - Lancashire Hotpot - very good. Shame that Nigel is having to quit Greens at the end of the month though." Its DCCL by the way. Good old Nigel. Does he still wear the luminous socks? He's a star. We had great craic with him at the Bushys tent a few years ago with a hoopla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 They've been there 21 years. and. just because they been there 21 years does not give them a right to keep having the lease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisse Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 greens although very nice for a lunchtime large salad on its own and very filling, have it with one of there bean pie things or what ever it makes lunch very expensive. shall miss it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Shame N & N did not get the renewal, real shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Does this mean we should be able to get a bacon butty before getting the train in future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Login Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 but after 21 years...... Someone offered more than the current tenant and so gets the use of the premises - that's how the letting business works It is not though. Normally if both parties are happy to renew they negotiate new terms. In my view that is what the Govt should do in general if the lessee has established a decent business and good reputation etc. Otherwise you are just going with the highest bidder and as we have seen with other similar changes, e.g hospital cafe all that does is lead to increase in costs. It also does not necessary lead to an improvement or maintenace in quality or standards e.g. sound cafe. Finally what incentive is there to a lessee to establish a decent cafe/restaurant business if you know in x years time a hirer bidder might come along and benefit from everything you have done. I say all the above as somebody who does eat at Greens as I do not like the food, but the business appears succesful and people seems more than happy to eat there. In those situations I believe he current tennant should be offered terms to renew and only if they are not agreed then it should be put out to lease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugger Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 I think the government should give the lease to the person who offers them the most money. I like Greens but the Treasury needs every penny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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