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Ahh perhaps just the newspaper running on stuff they have read in the groups then, thanks for the clarification 👍

I wonder if the mayor / council sent this as a release of information to the press, then it’s legal department reminded them that they have gone into a cool off period 🙄, and cannot announce the successful bidder until the cool off period has finished. This allows other bidders to make any legal...

Over the couple of months or so, the local rumours have been that it will be non-passenger at first, until things ramp up. I do wonder…where there is smoke there is fire, and perhaps this narrative is spreading for a reason, so that people get used to the idea. I could be completely wrong...

Major of Doncaster just been on Look North News and was questioned on why they have agreed a lease on an airport that has always lost money. She basically replied by saying the important thing is the benefits & inward investment the airport brings, and putting GB on the international stage...

Mr Fletcher continues to entertain, link below Mr fletcher - MP launches 5 days of claims against mayor’s “radical green agenda

Just had a read of this, how bizarre, in the middle of negotiations to slag them off, he’s really putting the knife into them.

There indeed is. Plenty of people from Doncaster I know go to Manchester. Interesting when I ask my fellow Donny people if they would fly from a re-opened DSA they say “yes it would be great”, but then I ask “did you use to fly from DSA” and you normally get an answer on the lines of “I think...

Oliver Coppard has had a reply regarding reallocation of £30m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements. I enclose Oliver’s comments below from his FB page. I’m not sure if he is gently starting to hint to the general public a lack of funding? Perhaps the reality of the real costs are coming...

Free PressThe row has gone a bit more public now Doncaste chamber has published an article in response and are putting a positive spin on things, they certainly are making it sound like it is going ahead

https://x.com/bbcsheffield/status/1745499358680826299?s=46&t=nvmLLZCeLRduy2yySoQF2Q Still amazes me when people who have power slag of Peel, the very people they are currently in negotiations with.

Now we have local mp, nick fletcher getting himself all worked up, who needs TV for entertainment “ OUR AIRPORT This is a long article. It’s also a very important article. This is very serious. It’s about 222 seconds in Sheffield. On 14th November our Mayor went to Sheffield. She went to a...

Yorkshire Post Nice to see an article from Yorkshire Post that appears a bit more balanced. From looking at its comments on Facebook it has certainly got the masses thinking twice about if this is good use of funding.

Good point, It’s hard to know without seeing documents, but if we speculate, the procurement title states “Contract to Reopen, Operate and Develop Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA)”. Does the wording Reopen = Build? It appears that way, but it’s a shame the wording is so vague. Either way it...

It’s something I have some knowledge in, so decided to have a look.I can confirm the procurement process has started as such, with a formal notice for expressions of interest to participate (selection questionnaire / PQQ) by 25th October, then Invitation to Tender issued 15th November. Details...

Ah I’m wrong then, I thought the process had started. So this is probably an Expression of interest period, or perhaps a PQQ stage (with the later procurement rules would be in force). Thanks for pointing this out.

To be honest I am surprised that Ms Jones has made a statement at all. If you are in the middle of a public sector procurement process you risk breaking rules, and having to re-start the procedure. Perhaps this is her reason for talking about misinformation, what she perhaps is trying to do is...

Interesting how this has slightly different wording to the current story going around from the Mirror stating "Now the Mayor’s Office and Labour-run Doncaster Council are on the verge of agreeing a deal with Peel Group to take on a 100-year lease on the site - which could see flights taking off...

Both a local doncaster paper and the Chamber are reporting a potential 100 year lease, I tend to think that if peel were to be serious about a 100 year lease, then they must have the deal of the century from the council, which I doubt. With Peel being tight lipped and not saying anything public...