Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Lammy promises to whip up 'national storm' and tarnish the KFH brand if betting shop goes ahead
News on the support for the resistance to the Salisbury Promenade betting shop. David Lammy has taken up our call for KFH to act in the community's interest and echoed our concern for their brand reputation.
In a strongly worded newsletter sent to his mailing list today, Lammy wrote:
There is huge concern that the empty shop front opposite the Salisbury Pub on the corner of St.Ann’s Road and Green Lanes will be turned into a betting shop. The current owners of the leasehold, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward (the Estate Agent), have been unable to open an office there and have indicated that they will sign the lease off to Tipico, a bookmaker. This will be the first Tipico store in the UK and the NINTH betting shop on one 300 metre stretch of Green Lanes.
We know that the planning and licensing systems are currently rigged against local people who want to have a say in their local areas so our only recourse to action is to make our feelings known to KFH. I have spoken to their MD, Lee Watts, and have made it clear to him that if they go ahead with this they can expect to find themselves in the middle of a national storm where their brand will be tarnished for as long as there is a betting shop on that site. Their head office email is ho@kfh.co.uk - if you have a moment today or this evening, tell them not to give over yet another Green Lanes storefront to a bookmaker.
Worth each of us emailing KFH and encouraging others to do the same?
Elsewhere, we have good reason to hope for some convincing coverage from regional papers and we're working on the BBC.
Tags for Forum Posts: betting, gambling, kfh, kinleigh folkard hayward
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Hugh. Rather than us all just emailing KH's head office, where their spam fillters will be set to send anything to do with Green lanes and Bookies to the recycle bin, is there a way of getting an online petition going? Has anyone initiated something like this?
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Hi Justin. Sounds like it could be useful. As I'm sure you're aware, there are many online petition sites on which it's pretty easy to set up a petition. Are you thinking of setting one up? It many be worth linking up Paul who lives in one of the Coliseum flats who's very keen to co-ordinate protest. He has a thread going over here.
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If I am honest I have never done one before. I will check in with Paul...
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