Tag: Helm
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Fisherton Church for Sale
The Church of Scotland have offered Fisherton Church for sale Starting price of £130,000 This is an ideal opportunity for the community If, as Dynamic Dunure claim, the Kennedy Hall is no longer fit for purpose, an ideal replacement would be to purchase and convert Fisherton Church. For less than half the price quoted to…
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Dynamic Dunure Call for Positive Comments
Dynamic Dunure have published a newsletter calling for positive comments on their proposal for the ‘Helm’. It is interesting that the choice was made to seek only positive comments. Dynamic Dunure claim to reflect the views of Dunure and Fisherton, the ‘will of the people’, yet it seems they are only interested in views which…
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One Unrealistic Assumption of Business Pointer’s report
Business Pointer get the bad news out of the way first. For the ‘Helm’ to make a profit there needs to be at least 300 customers per week from Dunure itself, added to the revenue from visitors to the centre. Let’s tease that out. Firstly, 300 per week is 43 per day. Over an 8…
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Architects set to make more than expected
There’s a large underestimate of the architects’ fees in the ‘business plan’. Costs are given to RIBA 3 for the development phase of the ‘Helm’ project, yet they are only give to RIBA 2 for the delivery phase (page 19). There’s an important difference between RIBA 2 and RIBA 3. RIBA is the Royal Institute…
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Why were Business Pointer chosen for the Business Plan?
Business Pointer haven’t been active as a company since 2013 according to their website, and their telephone number is out of use. According to Companies House, there is no business entity called Business Pointer registered as a company. So, more questions arise.
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Draft Business Plan for the ‘Helm’
This is the September 2024 final draft of the Business Plan. There are serious questions to ask about the details in the plan and the company who prepared it. The company recommended in the report as an example for the ‘Helm’ to follow is now in liquidation with debts of more than £4 million.
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Dunure Helm Centre proposal
This is the architect’s drawing of the ‘Dunure Heritage Centre’ which is to be re-named ‘The Helm Centre’. It’s a large file, so please be patient while it downloads. You can see other drawings and proposals for Dunure here.
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Dunure Community Council Minutes 21st April 2025
Minutes of the Community Council meeting which preceded the AGM. They were approved at the Community Council meeting following the AGM.