Funny that they want to take them to court then in the next breath they are still hoping they can sort out a deal for the ricoh.
Can capitalism be moral? Not really.
If your willing to cut your profits by a massive percentage, it can be, just. Fair Trade is the best example, but how many of the most profitable businesses use fair trade? Nike (all those sports brands) Primark don't for starters.
When, or if, the 3rd world becomes unionised, capitalism's foundations will be shook to he core.
Lets say for argument CCFC accept a rent of £150k.... would that still be justification for the vitriol that SISU are subjected to?
Many posters on here seem to claim SISU want the Arena on the cheap and that they are attempting to drive ACL to the wall.....
I would point out that doesn't exactly fit in with what has been said. They have in fact said that they are still looking for a negotiated settlement.
A statement from Coventry City Football Club (Holdings) Ltd yesterday confirmed it had submitted an application to the High Court “to determine whether the council acted unlawfully in its use of public funds to financially support ACL and in its actions towards Coventry City Football Club in relation to the dispute with ACL.”
The statement continued: “In the meantime, we are committed to reaching a negotiated solution to the dispute with ACL. If ACL were prepared to meet with us, we would retain hope of reaching an agreement that will allow the club to continue playing at the Ricoh.”
Read more: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/2013/04/23/exclusive-sky-blues-take-council-to-high-court-92746-33218950/2/#ixzz2RITjNdwm
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School starts at half 10?
Taylor's 17.
will we ?? what rate of interest were the council getting on that 14 million where it was originally then ? and what rate of interest are they now charging to ACL ?
they are saying that they will charge less interest to ACL than the bank was for the existing mortgage.. so ACL will be better off for sure, but if the council are charging ACL less interest than the bank was.. then could the tax payer have been getting a better rate of interest on that 14 million if it had just been left in a high intrest bank account ?
i dont know & you dont know .. people seem pretty quick to believe that the council did this for the benefit of the tax payer.. yet all that has been stated, is that this deal has been done to save ACL going into admin.. not to make money for the tax payer
Seems some people just have no idea of finance.
They also do not seem to appreciate that in earlier years 15-18% mortgage interest was standard, and when ACL took out the mortgage from the Yorkshire Bank, mortgage rates were very significantly higher than they are now after the recent financial crash and the Bank of England lowered and kept the interbank lending rate at an all-time historical low of just 0.5%.
Additionally, the mortgage rate is always higher than the bank lending rate (how much depends on many factors).
Are you therefore able to understand that the mortgage rate that ACL was paying the Yorkshire bank was substantially higher than mortgage rates are now after the crash, and that therefore by refinancing the mortgage (whether through the council or any other institution) will result in significantly less interest being paid, and that ACL were therefore 1: No longer distressed by the disgusting tactics employed by SISU, and 2. were so much better off financially as a result that they were able to offer much better terms to SISU - which were refused, and 3. the interest rate differential between what ACL were paying the Yorkshire Bank and the rate the council were able to offer ACL was so great that the council will still be making more interest from ACL than they will be paying for the loan, which is to the benefit of the Coventry taxpayer, and 4. nobody is stealing money from babies, the homeless or any other such sentimental crap as some on here are pontificating to try and drag this down to an emotional matter instead of discussing what actually is happening.
And SkyBlue-Talor, just what are you? A schoolboy, a SISU employee or just plain stupid?
Seems some people just have no idea of finance.
They also do not seem to appreciate that in earlier years 15-18% mortgage interest was standard, and when ACL took out the mortgage from the Yorkshire Bank, mortgage rates were very significantly higher than they are now after the recent financial crash and the Bank of England lowered and kept the interbank lending rate at an all-time historical low of just 0.5%.
Additionally, the mortgage rate is always higher than the bank lending rate (how much depends on many factors).
Are you therefore able to understand that the mortgage rate that ACL was paying the Yorkshire bank was substantially higher than mortgage rates are now after the crash, and that therefore by refinancing the mortgage (whether through the council or any other institution) will result in significantly less interest being paid, and that ACL were therefore 1: No longer distressed by the disgusting tactics employed by SISU, and 2. were so much better off financially as a result that they were able to offer much better terms to SISU - which were refused, and 3. the interest rate differential between what ACL were paying the Yorkshire Bank and the rate the council were able to offer ACL was so great that the council will still be making more interest from ACL than they will be paying for the loan, which is to the benefit of the Coventry taxpayer, and 4. nobody is stealing money from babies, the homeless or any other such sentimental crap as some on here are pontificating to try and drag this down to an emotional matter instead of discussing what actually is happening.
And SkyBlue-Talor, just what are you? A schoolboy, a SISU employee or just plain stupid?
Not seeking to get into an argument on your general point, but mortgage rates in 2005 were about 6% were they not? Just not sure about the relevance of the '15-18%' comment.
BTW, this isn't an excuse to call me a shoolboy, a SISU employee, a communist or just plain stupid
Ferret, I was pointing out that in earlier times mortgage rates have been substantially higher than they are now. I do not know what ACL were paying Yorkshire bank - I guess that would depend on several factors that we have no knowledge of, but do you not agree that the rate that ACL is now paying the council is substantially less than what they were paying the Yorkshire bank, and that given the preferential rates at which councils can borrow, they will be earning more interest from ACL than they would have to pay for the 14m, and therefore everyone - including SISU if they had accepted the greatly improved conditions - were winners thanks to the council making this move?
For SISU to now take the council to court beggars belief. Ask yourself why they are doing this. It is not for the benefit of the taxpayers of Coventry. It is not for the benefit of CCFC. It cannot even be for the benefit of SISU themselves financially as even if the council are found to have contravened some article or paragraph of European law, to my knowledge the courts have no powers to reverse the deal and put ACL under stress again (quite apart from the fact that I seriously doubt that the courts could find in SISU's favour - if it even gets to court. What chance that SISU will withdraw yet again at the last minute?).
As I stated in another thread a couple of months ago, I cannot see what SISU's end game is in all of this. Their current action has merely confirmed that under no circumstances whatsoever will ACL, Higgs or Council deal with them, so they have zero chance of getting the stadium.
The football club continues to be a loss-making business that will require them to guarantee many more millions before they are able to file their 2012 account and get us out from under this embargo.
So what is their end game? They cannot get the stadium, and they will just continue to incur millions of losses. So why are they still here? I cannot fathom what they are up to.
....http://www.publiclawproject.org.uk/downloads/GuideToJRProc.pdf
this might help people understand the process
it could take 6 to 12 months for this to go to a full hearing
And how much profit did ACL make for their shareholders in previous years?If your willing to cut your profits by a massive percentage, it can be, just. Fair Trade is the best example, but how many of the most profitable businesses use fair trade? Nike (all those sports brands) Primark don't for starters.
When, or if, the 3rd world becomes unionised, capitalism's foundations will be shook to he core.
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....by which time SISU will hopefully be long gone.
Am I correct in thinking this should have no bearing on the administrator's report to the High Court on May 16th?
It all seems so futile - the last throes of a floundering HedgeFundBeast flapping on the shore of opprobrium.
Or do they have a secret endgame?
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....by which time SISU will hopefully be long gone.
Am I correct in thinking this should have no bearing on the administrator's report to the High Court on May 16th?
It all seems so futile - the last throes of a floundering HedgeFundBeast flapping on the shore of opprobrium.
Or do they have a secret endgame?
Just a thought but if CCC were proven to act outside the powers they have or that European Law indicates that the actions taken were anti competitive then the council would have to get its money back from Yorkshire bank I assume.
At that point Yorkshire bank would require repayment from ACL, if the Council did not have the funds or perhaps the legal ability to re do the loan or if SISU could keep delaying the councils actions then Yorkshire Bank or ACL directors would have to put ACL into administration i am guessing.
As the biggest creditor Yorkshire bank would control that process. Past experience suggests they were willing to do deals with SISU. The directors and stakeholders of ACL would have no say if i understand things right. Is that how SISU get their hands on the stadium?
In the meantime all these court battles, PR expenses etc seriously reduce ACL reserves and will affect the ability to drive that entity forward. Seems to me that ACL is being squeezed from all directions
A judicial review will examine the procedures of the CCC loan decision but it will taint any proposed purchase of ACL shares say by PHIV and drain ACL of the working capital it needs to trade.
just thoughts
Am not sure it wont RS .......... the leaseholder has been directly affected by any actions done by CCC or ACL...... the administrators report sometime in May could simply say "i need more time" ..... its not unusual
I think the CCC would have to call in the loan and ACL would have to find alternative financing. That would probably put ACL at the brink - or even push them into - administration.
Sell the Arena to PH 4th and Feck SISU. Taking the p**s now......(Admin) Sell CCFC ltd to him as well, and if the GS is in there all well and good too.
Seems some people just have no idea of finance.
They also do not seem to appreciate that in earlier years 15-18% mortgage interest was standard, and when ACL took out the mortgage from the Yorkshire Bank, mortgage rates were very significantly higher than they are now after the recent financial crash and the Bank of England lowered and kept the interbank lending rate at an all-time historical low of just 0.5%.
Additionally, the mortgage rate is always higher than the bank lending rate (how much depends on many factors).
Are you therefore able to understand that the mortgage rate that ACL was paying the Yorkshire bank was substantially higher than mortgage rates are now after the crash, and that therefore by refinancing the mortgage (whether through the council or any other institution) will result in significantly less interest being paid, and that ACL were therefore 1: No longer distressed by the disgusting tactics employed by SISU, and 2. were so much better off financially as a result that they were able to offer much better terms to SISU - which were refused, and 3. the interest rate differential between what ACL were paying the Yorkshire Bank and the rate the council were able to offer ACL was so great that the council will still be making more interest from ACL than they will be paying for the loan, which is to the benefit of the Coventry taxpayer, and 4. nobody is stealing money from babies, the homeless or any other such sentimental crap as some on here are pontificating to try and drag this down to an emotional matter instead of discussing what actually is happening.
And SkyBlue-Talor, just what are you? A schoolboy, a SISU employee or just plain stupid?
Seems some people just have no idea of finance.
They also do not seem to appreciate that in earlier years 15-18% mortgage interest was standard, and when ACL took out the mortgage from the Yorkshire Bank, mortgage rates were very significantly higher than they are now after the recent financial crash and the Bank of England lowered and kept the interbank lending rate at an all-time historical low of just 0.5%.
Additionally, the mortgage rate is always higher than the bank lending rate (how much depends on many factors).
Are you therefore able to understand that the mortgage rate that ACL was paying the Yorkshire bank was substantially higher than mortgage rates are now after the crash, and that therefore by refinancing the mortgage (whether through the council or any other institution) will result in significantly less interest being paid, and that ACL were therefore 1: No longer distressed by the disgusting tactics employed by SISU, and 2. were so much better off financially as a result that they were able to offer much better terms to SISU - which were refused, and 3. the interest rate differential between what ACL were paying the Yorkshire Bank and the rate the council were able to offer ACL was so great that the council will still be making more interest from ACL than they will be paying for the loan, which is to the benefit of the Coventry taxpayer, and 4. nobody is stealing money from babies, the homeless or any other such sentimental crap as some on here are pontificating to try and drag this down to an emotional matter instead of discussing what actually is happening.
And SkyBlue-Talor, just what are you? A schoolboy, a SISU employee or just plain stupid?
and for the record i do want new owners in.. and i dont particularly want SISU to remain here
but all this acceptance that everything the council / ACL do is fine and above board , and everything SISU do is wrong & the cause of all evil, is just stupidity.
and that's why my questioning still stands. dont try and pretend that you know that this council bail out is going to be making the tax payers money by adding on % to the rate they charge ACL.. as i said, it could be less than they would get on their money in a high interest account..
and you accuse me of not having no idea of finances..
Skyblueswiss might have been thinking about this quote by Cllr Mutton on April 15:
"There is no net cost to the council – this is a commercial arrangement that will provide a modest surplus to plough back into services and jobs."
A modest surplus - possibly more could be earned in a high interest account (>2% at the moment) but central government does not provide these loans for councils to put on deposit.
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