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  • overbikedagain
    Free Member

    Yup he has the steak house at the bottom

    mt
    Free Member

    The successful bidder should really have done a little more background work on dealing with the FC. The info is all out there on them regarding unrealistic tender requirements. Would you not question why the team with the most experience failed at the first round of tendering. Once that had happened I’d have been talking to them to get an understanding of why they were out.
    Perhaps its time for a round of sell off’s and privatizations with the FC, they seem to respond better to their customer and supplier needs when their on the crappy end of the stick. Can’t get my head round how those that do the real work at the FC can be so good and those that lead them are such prats.

    PS, don’t believe the FC should be sold of but in my experience they suddenly become acutely aware that then need good PR.

    ahwiles
    Free Member

    mt – Member

    …the FC … unrealistic tender requirements.

    coughLaggancough.

    burko73
    Full Member

    The thing is with the FC is that they are tied up with the same tender processes etc that any gov dept has to use. The processes that the govt designed to build hospitals and warships etc. when it comes to being a bit more organic and getting the right “feel” or “people who ride bikes” to be successful at a tender it’s very difficult as the processes are designed to be open and fair. It’s very difficult to favour the small guy over a big company with these processes as that’s just not fair and open.

    I went to glen tress and had a great bacon sarny and good coffee after my ride, the place was clean and was good. It wasn’t even expensive compared to southern stds. It’s a lovely building and a great site.

    I know it’s a cafe at a bike centre but I don’t get why the chef/ owner of the lease needs to ride a bike for it to be a great cafe. Surely it’s better that the guy can run a tight ship and cook good food etc that be able to kick ass on the black. 😉

    mt
    Free Member

    The FC may use a system to allow correct and fair processes in tendering (as they should) but they set their own targets and estimates of future visitor levels.

    Northwind
    Full Member

    TBH as much as I like Emma and Tracey they’d shot themselves in the foot long before the tender came up, the old cafe was a shit-tip long before it closed and they’d shown how uninterested they were in improving that or in offering a better service to the FC’s visitors. I liked it, for what it was, but it’s no wonder the FC weren’t happy. I wouldn’t have put them in charge of a flagship new building.

    The new place is pretty disappointing too, it’s been so up and down and I don’t think you can blame the tender because a lot of what they do wrong shouldn’t be expensive to fix. But the basic design of the location is bad too and can’t encourage visitors. (the cafe should be right beside the car park, which should be about 3 times as big as it is…)

    cynic-al – Member

    Profits didn’t go into JD Sports or whoever either.

    Er, what? Cafe is run by the same guys as Boni’s Steakhouse down the hill.

    Pigface
    Free Member

    I like Emma and Tracey

    One of them is nice couldn’t possibly comment on the other.

    They didn’t follow the tender requirements and got booted out on the first sift. Emma and the FC’s relationship had broken down so badly that even if they had put in the greatest offer of all time I doubt they would of got the new building.

    DickBarton
    Full Member

    The total cost also involved buying all land/buildings surrounding the area (helps stop any competition)…any work with Fc is bad…Peel centre, Carron Valley, Laggan, Lennoxtown Forest and Blairadam to name a few…
    Visitor numbers are hugely inflated and never accurate…which doesn’t help those trying to make a difference (largely for the better).

    H1ghland3r
    Free Member

    Gratified to see the shift in tone of the comments in this thread.
    Fact of the matter is that putting the figures presented in the tender to one side for a moment. The facilities are vastly inferior to what was presented during planning and construction. So much so that the majority of food prep has to be done off-site.
    I know that there were impressive plans for both the menu and regular events during the period after the tender was won and before the cafe finally opened (6 months behind schedule which the tenants were expected to pay lease for!!). When it became obvious that the facilities were not what was promised then the plans for what the cafe would be able to offer had to be drastically curtailed.

    onehundredthidiot
    Full Member

    Could never understand the set up. Cafe faces the wrong way and is too low and far away from the car park.

    baronsamedi
    Free Member

    Have they fixed the flooding in the basement of the Bike shop?

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