Tag archives for Hastings Pier Charity
Pier For Sale Again
KENT BARKER The Friends of Hastings Pier are urgently seeking ways to bring the landmark attraction back under community control, following news that the pier’s owner Sheikh Abid Gulzar notified…
Pier Pressure
In HIP 201 we reported on the recent victory in the Employment Tribunal of the former Hastings Pier engineers Peter Wheeler and Daisy Hill in their claims against Lions Hastings…
Pier Update:
Council Serves Control Notice, Gulzar Woos MP Following months of complaint from local critics that the owner of the pier, Sheikh Abid Gulzar, and his management company Lions Hastings Pier…
Friends Campaign Continues
Ensuring pier’s long term maintenance and enforcement of planning regulations are key objectives. By Emma Harwood The new owner of Hastings pier, Sheikh Abid Gulzar, has erected a wooden hut…
In the Dark
Community group demands answers regarding the sale of Hastings pier. The people of Hastings and St Leonards deserve answers to a long list of questions surrounding the ‘cloudy and often…
Judge a Man by the Company he keeps
So how did the Sheikh with a string of failed and failing companies get his pier bid approved? “The aim throughout the process was that the heritage asset be sold…
The People’s Pier?
KENT BARKER REPORTS: Discussions have been held over possible future community ownership of the Hastings Pier. A packed meeting of Pier shareholders considered whether they might be able to establish…