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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Council Patience Wears Thin After Three Months


Yesterday's news that Herefordshire Council were to finally seek full payment of the outstanding £65,000 sum comes after being initially promised full payment more than three months ago.

It was on June 12th when the Council put out a press release that first noted that they had been promised full payment by Tommy Agombar:

'HUFC currently owes the council in the region of £65,000 in rent arrears, business rates and legal fees and the council has been assured by the new owners that all outstanding monies will be fully re-paid.'

A month later, on July 15th, the Hereford Times reported that the Council were preparing a report to determine their options to reclaim the leases:

'The paper also reports that, behind the scenes, the Council are frustrated that promises made by Agombar over payments have not been met, but they would make no official statement. Councillor Jim Kenyon and others have repeatedly called for the leases to be terminated with immediate effect.'

By September 3rd, the Council had decided to take a back seat on the debt despite heavy pressure from supporters and the local community, with many musing that they would stop paying their Council rates if the authority did not see a point in chasing £65,000:


The Council still took a further 12 days to realise and rectify the massive PR own goal they had managed.