Tuesday 22 February 2011

When 80 jobs became 5,000 at Ashton Gate

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Ashton-Vale-open-letter-Bristol-City-fans-town-green-campaigners/article-2664456-detail/article.html

This - and many other articles in our local press down the months have told us that thousands of jobs will be created - 5,000 according to this report.

The trouble is - the Price Waterhouse Cooper report on the stadium suggest the total will actually be....err...just 80!

It begs the question really - when the expansion in numbers took place.

3 comments:

  1. Sexton is still claiming that its 1,000s of jobs

    http://www.bcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10327~2300309,00.html

    BobS

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  2. The above report extract suggests that once the stadium is built, 207 full-time equivalent jobs would be created, mostly in catering. These 207 lucky souls will be earning a combined total £5.8 mn. p.a. This equates to an average annual salary of over £28,000 p.a. Unless catering has become exceedingly lucrative for waiters, plongeurs, etc., I think there are some more liberties being taken with the truth...

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  3. But supposing that 7 of those lucky workers are high flyers in catering management and consultancy, with combined remuneration of £3m, that leaves the other 200 to share what's left: £14kpa or £6ph for a 45hr week.

    Sounds fair, don't you think?

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