Rovers launch legal action

[O4anotherplayoff]

..sadly not against the EFL but against the club’s energy broker, claiming to have been overcharged £90k on the leccy!

Tranmere Rovers launch High Court battle over £90k energy bill

The club argues it has been overcharged by almost £90,000 over three years

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

The floodlights on Saturday night were not turned off till 9pm!
The floodlights have been on, when a match is not on many times, as I have posted before!
there was a rumour that the club had to use more electricity, to fulfil an obligation to have a lower price for it!

The majority of businesses in this country that have a similar situation to the club, have seen costs soared much as the club saying that they have been billed!


Is the provider amother dodgy energy company?

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

..sadly not against the EFL but against the club’s energy broker, claiming to have been overcharged £90k on the leccy!

Tranmere Rovers launch High Court battle over £90k energy bill

The club argues it has been overcharged by almost £90,000 over three years

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

The full claim is for over £130k. That would bring in a couple of decent players if we had the money now!

 

[drwhoman]

See how they go with this but maybe the Club should have been more aggressive to start with, given the irregular bills just based on estimates? Who knows! And does the broker have the money? Still, any payment, net of the inevitable legal fees, would be handy!

 

[Sparky]

Can we promise cogley the money if he stays?!?

 

[Ian]

Think he'll be long gone by then!

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

Lights still on at 20.50 pm, three hours after end of game!

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

Still on at 22.55.

Glad I'm not paying the bill!

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

The club are currently recruiting a new Head of Finance. I wonder if that is related to the failure of the finance staff to identify the overpayment ?

The timing seems a bit of a coincidence.

 

[Am on mobile]

Its all to do with the grounds team working on rhe pitch i have 2 of the lads work at the golf club i work at are part of the team and they do it quite a lot after games

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

Its all to do with the grounds team working on rhe pitch i have 2 of the lads work at the golf club i work at are part of the team and they do it quite a lot after games

I understand the need to mow and put the pitch lights on. But six hours after full time? Ask the lads if they are getting unsocial hours pay for it? Ha!

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

The club are currently recruiting a new Head of Finance. I wonder if that is related to the failure of the finance staff to identify the overpayment ?

The timing seems a bit of a coincidence.

It's the ever revolving door for staff.

 

[dollar'sbloke]

I understand the need to mow and put the pitch lights on. But six hours after full time? Ask the lads if they are getting unsocial hours pay for it? Ha!

Surely they could use lights on their wheelbarrows or whatever. Birko is never pitch black illuminating a bit of turf to work on hardly needs huge floodlights of TV coverage quality? I would guess per hour the meter is impressive

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

I would imagine it is crucial that the pitch is constantly maintained at this time of year, even if we have to put the floodlights on occasionally. The cost of regular postponements would be greater than a few hours of additional use of the lights.

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

I would imagine it is crucial that the pitch is constantly maintained at this time of year, even if we have to put the floodlights on occasionally. The cost of regular postponements would be greater than a few hours of additional use of the lights.

The postponement of fixtures is covered by insurance. All clubs do this. And yes the pitch is crucial, so why not use daylight hours? It wouldn't harm the pitch to be mown straight after and the pitch lights the day after. The only other pitch protection is the frost covers. But because of health and safety, and where the covers are stored. It has to be daylight hours.
The club is contracted to an energy supplier, you just wonder if the club can postpone the deal?

Could do with some light refreshment after that!

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

The postponement of fixtures is covered by insurance. All clubs do this. And yes the pitch is crucial, so why not use daylight hours? It wouldn't harm the pitch to be mown straight after and the pitch lights the day after. The only other pitch protection is the frost covers. But because of health and safety, and where the covers are stored. It has to be daylight hours.
The club is contracted to an energy supplier, you just wonder if the club can postpone the deal?

Could do with some light refreshment after that!

There are not many daylight hours at this time of year. When there are severe frosts night after night, it is probably essential for the groundstaff to work on the pitch in the evenings. As professionals, I would imagine they know what they are doing.

 

[Keith Hill (Bolton)]

There are not many daylight hours at this time of year. When there are severe frosts night after night, it is probably essential for the groundstaff to work on the pitch in the evenings. As professionals, I would imagine they know what they are doing.

with the pitch we have and the technology that is involved, the pitch lights will keep it growing and It will be rolled after a game, it will not be cut as it would be at any other time in spring or a new growth or autumn.
The turnaround in groundstaff since Andy Quayle, is, as with the rest of the stsff, a quick turnaround since March 2020, the incumbent is very young and inexperienced but is doing the job, as the pitch is looking good. The groundstaff do have professional advisors from the company that built the pitch.
The lads you see on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon are volunteers.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

with the pitch we have and the technology that is involved, the pitch lights will keep it growing and It will be rolled after a game, it will not be cut as it would be at any other time in spring or a new growth or autumn.
The turnaround in groundstaff since Andy Quayle, is, as with the rest of the stsff, a quick turnaround since March 2020, the incumbent is very young and inexperienced but is doing the job, as the pitch is looking good. The groundstaff do have professional advisors from the company that built the pitch.
The lads you see on the pitch on a Saturday afternoon are volunteers.

The pitch needs to be protected from frost at this time of year, and that probably entails working after dark.

I think we have got bigger issues to worry about as a club than switching the floodlights on for a couple of hours.

 

[Am on mobile]

No we have full time greens too the guys i know who work there are part time but the problem is as when i was looking at the head Chefs job a few years back is they pay pea nuts and want you to work and give top stuff no one will do that

 

[Am on mobile]

The head chefs job was around £24k a year that was for the club and campus i get more and do Less where I am now as i say pea nuts gets monkeys