Jan Vojáček Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 3 hours ago, cedrick1 said: Nice to see our Jan , our roving reporter upgrading to an appearance on STV news I was hoping nobody had spotted me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 16 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: I was hoping nobody had spotted me No such thing as bad publicity... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons FC Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 19 hours ago, Jan Vojáček said: I was hoping nobody had spotted me There is only one thing worse than being spotted... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 14/05/2020 at 20:54, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said: Jesus. The vote was supposed to be for a white kit and it’s three quarters black. Well we all voted for it.........well not me but 50% of us 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFarPost Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Ten more contributors to the Crowdfunder since yesterday... thanks so much! We've done an update about it on the club website, plus something on the 'closed doors' question. By my calculation that puts us second on word-difference in the SPFL Statements League, now. This was the previous position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the snudge Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Are Brabco still registered offshore? If so could this affect the club? https://news.stv.tv/politics/tax-avoiding-firms-should-not-receive-government-support?top&&__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, the snudge said: Are Brabco still registered offshore? If so could this affect the club? https://news.stv.tv/politics/tax-avoiding-firms-should-not-receive-government-support?top&&__twitter_impression=true Brabco are. The club are not. Its definitely something that needs to be looked at if we were in a position to seek government financial support, but I'm not sure that it would be enough to block us from applying for grants or loans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Mind Ian Wilson stood in front of us and said they were already in the process of bringing the company onshore? Lol. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Mind Ian Wilson stood in front of us and said they were already in the process of bringing the company onshore? Lol.About three years ago give or take. And he wondered why people didn't/don't trust him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Brabco are. The club are not. Its definitely something that needs to be looked at if we were in a position to seek government financial support, but I'm not sure that it would be enough to block us from applying for grants or loans.This action has already been applied by several European nations but do not hold your breath waiting for the Tories to do likewise given how many of them are active or complicit in this practice.And FYI, the massive loans already announced in the furlough scheme currently represent less than one quarter of what was flung at the feral banking system in 2008. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 hour ago, The Moonster said: Mind Ian Wilson stood in front of us and said they were already in the process of bringing the company onshore? Lol. Wilson said plenty of things, many of which would see him hunted with torches and pitchforks if he'd said them in public. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFarPost Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, microdave said: 5 hours ago, The Moonster said: Mind Ian Wilson stood in front of us and said they were already in the process of bringing the company onshore? Lol. About three years ago give or take. And he wondered why people didn't/don't trust him. That was Chris Stainton, not Ian Wilson. But no, it hasn't happened. I pushed hard on this when I was trust spokesperson / negotiator, and it was widely reported in the media. Chris did act on it, to be fair. There were various technical issues about the onshore form they would take. But then he withdrew as a director of Brabco because of his own situation (his main company went into administration over dispute with HMRC), and nothing happened after that. The issue of the long-term ownership of the club and how that can be shaped and influenced remains the central one in all this. (My view remains firmly that offshore companies should not be permitted in Scottish football, and that is something I've lobbied on through the SFSA.) Edited May 18, 2020 by TheFarPost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFarPost Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 5 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said: Brabco are. The club are not. Its definitely something that needs to be looked at if we were in a position to seek government financial support, but I'm not sure that it would be enough to block us from applying for grants or loans. The tax status of Brabco (or rather, their 'parent', Grenada Holdings) doesn't effect DFC regarding business support at present, or in any scenario I can envisage. At the moment it is the furlough scheme that we are using. Other avenues will, of course, be explored as we move forward. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 £24.5k raised now. Tremendous effort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Silverton End said: £24.5k raised now. Tremendous effort That's the full £25K done now. Great efforts from everyone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Parr Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 20 hours ago, TheFarPost said: (My view remains firmly that offshore companies should not be permitted in Scottish football, and that is something I've lobbied on through the SFSA.) I'd rather the SPFL/SFA tightened up their fit and proper test to include full transparency rather than block all offshore investment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimistic Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Will Dumbarton offer season ticket holders any refund? I’m not a season ticket holder, but I was asked by one. Would fans accept it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 25 minutes ago, optimistic said: Will Dumbarton offer season ticket holders any refund? I’m not a season ticket holder, but I was asked by one. Would fans accept it? I'd like to think no Sons fans would ask for a refund unless their own personal circumstances were desperate. We've just crowdfunded £25k to keep the club going. To pay out X amount in a refund to the very people who have chipped in to save the club would be a bit farcical. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I'd hope that no season ticket holder would accept a refund. A few may well ask for one. Personal circumstances will influence that but for me the money was paid last summer and is long gone. It's spent. I'm not budgeting for having it and I wouldn't consider asking for a refund. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowhereman Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I’d actually hope the club considered selling tickets for next season. It would have to be on the basis that the number of games is unknown but I’m sure a few of the regulars would buy one anyway. Even fifty at £200 is another £10000 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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