Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Council Cabinet decision a little bit of help for beleaguered tobacco industry
FOLLOWING the Haringey Council scrutiny review of events in Finsbury Park, the Council Cabinet decided late last year to approve another tobacco sales facility for customers at the next Wireless Concert.
This followed the recommendations of the council's watch-dog, the Scrutiny Committee. The Committee successfully resisted the thrust of representations of the lobby group ASH and from the Borough's Director of Public Health.
The Cabinet's unanimous decision should again provide the kind of outlet and high-profile event that is so valued by the cigarette and rolling-tobacco industry.
The industry has been under pressure of late and Haringey-London—working together with their partner Live Nation—continue to do their bit to relieve it and to enhance customers' experience.
Last year's Tobacco Pavilion in Finsbury Park provided a range of products for the mainly youthful audience that numbered between 40,000 to 50,000, some of whom won't yet be using the industry's fare.
2016 will be third year running that our Local Government has given their seal of approval. What will be especially welcomed by the industry is that Wireless for Summer 2016 may be bigger and longer, with enriched commercial appeal.
The map above shows the spread of existing customers in the Borough, with the healthiest consumer-concentrations in the east.
CDC
Haringey Councillor
Liberal Democrat Party
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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Next Clive will be suggesting that the Council should be vetting the music...
This is off-topic and a distraction, but the Council does not directly vet the music.
However a complaint was made by the Chair of the Board of Governors of a local primary school about foul and profane language on the first day of the Concert on a Friday afternoon. This, within earshot of youngsters in the care of Haringey Education.
The sound levels were also complained about by the school: apparently, desks vibrated from the low frequencies.
Although the Council does not vet the music as such, they do claim to monitor sound levels of the music. Live Nation also employ a separate sound monitoring company to check sound levels.
The sound monitoring always shows legal levels. Which does not mean that local's perception is acceptable. It's fair to say that both the sound and "objective" method of measuring it are contentious.
Some residents on the east side of Seven Sisters Road (Hackney) leave for a few days, the noise level is so bad.
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IN HIS budget today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer—unlike the Haringey Council Cabinet—is not helping the beleaguered tobacco industry. He announced a 2% increase in tax on cigarettes, with 3% on rolling tobacco.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Maybe but the compliance with smoking bans has been nothing short of amazing. Compare it to the banning of using a hand held cellphone whilst driving and you'll see what I mean.
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I do not, and never have, called for the banning of smoking at music festivals. Nor would I support a law for that either. It'd be unreasonable.
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