Calling existing Cheshire members

Edna_Bucket_2

I wonder if:

Karen.McCormick@thecheshire.co.uk

would also work and/or get a faster response?

boltonangel

where does the £650 windfall figure come from?

ReportInvestor

Hi ba,

I fully understand your concern as an employee.

The Portman press machine is a pretty slick outfit, so I don't think we have to look further, do you?

I must confess that £650 per member was higher than I expected Sharpe would offer. But maybe it was made before the latest commercial loan mess.

Do you know when the offer was made?

By way of reassurance, I don't think it would be Portman's intention to close the Bolton branch, or any others. They are seeking is sales outlets in the North West, not thin air.

boltonangel

ReportInvestor wrote:

Hi ba,

I fully understand your concern as an employee.

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thanks for the quick response

what makes you think i'm an employee?

ReportInvestor

Just a hunch. Sorry for any mistake made or offence caused.

boltonangel

don't worry about it, i was just wondering why you thought that?

ReportInvestor

I see that the Portman offer was made in May 2005.

And yet the Cheshire board chose not to inform Cheshire members at the time and waited 11 months, only revealing the news after Portman had released it first.

Why did they deliberately keep members in the dark?

Anyway, the board has now, belatedly, told Portman to sod off in public - but too late for members to hear a balanced view before they vote at the 2006 AGM.

ReportInvestor

For any Cheshire members attending their AGM at Macclesfield on Tuesday 25th April at 5.30 p.m. , there is a surefire way of finding out what was said at the Portman AGM at Reading earlier in the day, so that you can question the Cheshire directors more closely.

Full details of the Portman & Cheshire AGMs being held on 25th March - IA link