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Pontins of Ainsdale is to be re-built
Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 03:00 PM
Reported by: onthespot

Pontins of Ainsdale is to be re-built

Pontins of Ainsdale is to be re-built by the company who bought them out in 2008. Ocean Parcs are investing over £10M into the leisure centre.

The refurbishment will create a number of jobs for the resort, and work is expected to commence shortly. A total of £50M is to be invested in upgrading five other sites in the UK.

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HARRYTHEWESTIE says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 03:50 PM

Good Money After Bad?

Sue47 says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 04:01 PM

bit of a negative attitude

Sir knight says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 04:03 PM

About time too , lets hope it does better when its all finished

fordy says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 04:03 PM

not before time, i did scuba lessons in the pool there and was shocked to see the state of the place. To think that families still have annual holidays there is amazing, the complaints must outweigh praise by 10 to 1.

bomber says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 04:29 PM

Great News.

This is yet another sign of organisations and business having confidence in Southports future.

We are a town on the up and up when many are on the down and down.

Lets see more big boys ploughing dosh into our town ;-))

DebonAir says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 04:51 PM

We've had lots of fantastic holidays there thanks, fordy - and wouldn't hesitate to go back again. Pure magic for the kids.

Pat the Hat says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 05:07 PM

It appears, on the Pontin's web site, that they are taking bookings at Southport for the summer and next Christmas.

viper says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 05:08 PM

the poles will be down there in there droves,pinching ENGLISH JOBS ,or tryin to.good place for a protest if they do.

paule.ladders says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 05:18 PM

can i have the matress from shalley 63 [ oh memories ] OH YES

scoop31 says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 06:10 PM

Long overdue but well done to the new owners - hopefully some of our locals who work there every season will benefit from increased trade and maybe more jobs will be created.

Sir knight says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 06:13 PM

just found this on sky news

Pontin's has given Britons a break from the job loss gloom, creating 2,000 new positions at its six holiday parks.

Holidaymakers

Ocean Parcs is expanding and improving the seaside resorts it bought last year

The new posts will include catering, retail and bar staff as well as Blue Coats and will involve a mixture of full time, part time and seasonal positions.

Owners Ocean Parcs said it was "particularly rewarding" to create new jobs while the country was in recession.

The firm will refurbish sites in Somerset and North Wales, and centres in East Sussex and Merseyside will be completely redesigned and re-built.

Another park at Lowestoft will double in size and capacity.

Ian Smith, chief executive of Ocean Parcs, said: "We are tremendously excited about the investment planned for the development of our Pontin's holiday centres and the employment and tourism revenue that will be generated by this substantial investment."

But there was no such satisfaction for truck maker Scania, which said it will have cut 2,000 jobs by the end of the first quarter.

The news came as the Swedish company reported a bigger-than-expected fall in fourth-quarter pretax earnings in the face of crumbling demand.

Also in Sweden, airline SAS announced it would make 3,000 staff redundant after posting heavy fourth quarter losses.

THE_MAINEAK says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 06:55 PM

Good News for Southport and Merseyside that.

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whistleblower says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 07:48 PM

It helps when the M.D. Ian Smith is from Southport,as Ainsdale has the best beach in Southport perhaps thats were the much reviled (by Sefton/Bootle council) "bucket and spade brigade" should be going.
Come on Brenda get it developed!

spitfireman says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 08:33 PM

This is great news for southport pontins, both the centre and head office which is based in southport!!!

the team at southport head office work really hard and i personally hope pontins goes from strentgh to strentgh.

if the rumors are true pontins southport will be an amazing centre to holiday at...

welll done team!!!!!

in the shed says:	Tue 3rd Feb 2009, 09:44 PM

people say Pontins is grotty, they must remember it was built over 40 years ago and not had much spent on it since,just the odd coat of paint,
When it was built there was more things around there,
The Lido The Natterjack The Sands [the only one left]there was a bus shelter in the middle of a turning place ALL GONE who,s fault SEFTON COUNCIL

Idiotic says:	Wed 4th Feb 2009, 12:30 AM

Pontins should team up with Fred Laker and do fly by deals from Woodvale.

Sandpies says:	Wed 4th Feb 2009, 01:35 AM

Southport job's for European People!

intamin123 says:	Wed 4th Feb 2009, 12:06 PM

good news,perhaps our council should realise more families come here,compared 2 golfers and give norman wallis a proper long lease for pleasureland

Kopite77 says:	Wed 4th Feb 2009, 01:51 PM

More Jobs for the Polish, Romainians, Albanians, or wherever they come from, whilst poor bloke in Southport stays unemployed, come on Gordon Brown, put a limit on Immigration , I be voting for consertative they put a qouta on immigration before u bunch of morons came into power, i would say no more than 50,000 new foreigners in a year, or employers don't simply employ them

scozz says:	Wed 4th Feb 2009, 03:41 PM

hasn't anybody noticed that Southport has no attractions anymore? Attractions=tourists

whistleblower says:	Thu 5th Feb 2009, 06:42 PM

Yes nice new Hotels, but plenty of other nice freindly hotels closed.
Everyplace has cinemas and bowling,what have we got extra?
Shopping sheds and a crap beach.

cherie brandie says:	Fri 6th Feb 2009, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whistleblower

come on Brenda, get it developed!

I’m sure Mrs Porter could PRETEND to get it developed just like she PRETENDED (and is STILL PRETENDING) the Council had agreed to spend £1.4 million on Southport Market. Did she really think that no one would rumble her dishonesty?

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