GLL will be taking over the contract from Fusion.
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Interesting. My son was working there as a lifeguard and they were decent enough to furlough him. I wonder if he can reapply or if theyâll sort out some kind of handover.
In other news(shopper) does anyone know where the casino is?
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Interesting - this is the same company that Islington Council helped out in May.
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They make over ÂŁ300million a year - but canât be bothered to create a pdf that is searchable - not sure what they are hiding (MD makes 210k - but that doesnât seem obscene). They do appear to be paying a large amount of pension money to past employees (presumably directors - not the people doing the work)
Well clearly bad news for those employed by fusion who will now lose their jobs, though hopefully some will be rehired.
Fusion appeared to have a poor reputation so hopefully this will be a positive change - FH pools really should be something that is a highlight for the area,
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I was hoping for Everyone Active because that would give us access to centres across southwark as well 
If you get a swimming membership with Better then youâll now be able to use crystal palace and Charlton lido as well as FH pools.
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In a pre-covid world when a service contract is moved to a new provider then the employees of the original provider should be covered by TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment). Under this the new provider has a legal obligation to honour the existing terms and conditions of employment (except pensions) for any current staff that wish to transfer to the new provider. However as @clausy mentioned that Fusion furloughed the staff I donât know if this affects the application of TUPE.
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I didnât realise TUPE worked in this circumstance.
I suspect whatever happens some staff will be made redundant, I wonder if the council are absorbing those costs as part of the deal or will subsidise keeping them on.
Despite its unpromising name, the News Shopper seems to be the best (only?) source of authoritative info about whatâs going on in the Council. Lewishamâs website is still saying that Fusion is getting ready to âbounce backâ in Forest Hill.
Looks like I should be emailing Grainne Cuffe (local democracy reporter) rather than our councillors if I want the low-down on anything local.
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853 is also a good source, with a few less adverts. GrĂĄinne Cuffe has a similar article there too:
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To be clear that is turnover not profitâŚ
It is is a non-profit charitable Social Enterprise organisation
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@foresthillnick My point was they canât be that well organised if within that ÂŁ300million they canât find ÂŁ100 for a decent pdf editor - or they do it intentionally to hide things (difficult to tell because I couldnât search the pdf!)
Their annual statement is quite difficult to read because it is a mess of sub-companies (which I guess comes with the territory)
Charity doesnât always mean moral (even if they are usually set up with good intent) so it always worth having a look to see that they are well run. The obvious alternative is for Lewisham to run the centres - but maybe having a London based group of centres gives economies of scale (though this is only London based - it operates throughout the UK)
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Are you talking about the âAnnual Return and Accounts.pdfâ on the link you shared earlier? I can search it fine using Preview on Mac. I had a quick look through it, theyâre fully audited, although that doesnât say much either these days!
Interesting suggestion to have Lewisham running the centres given how much people generally moan about the council doing anything themselves - seems like outsourcing is just as imperfect.
I know itâs small, but their lack of attention to detail on announcements like this really annoys me, it was clearly pasted from elsewhere where Fusion were being talked about in the third person and someone forgot to adjust it. 
Also, what other areas of the the business do they have to focus on? Do they mean specifically the operating model they agreed to with Lewisham, but have different ones elsewhere?
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@clausy Only the bit added by the FCA is searchable - the bit with the real content isnât.
Audited just means a true and fair view, it doesnât give judgement calls on eg whether the MD should get paid ÂŁ2million + private jet
Iâm not a big a fan of outsourcing monopolies (which a lot of council functions are) to private companies, though I appreciate there are potentials for genuine savings in some areas. (There is also potential for just paying extra money to private companies)
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GLL actually have a good graphic design department, although somewhat ironically it is outsourced! OH used to work there but not for them. They are obviously perfectly capable of producing a text PDF but have chosen to send an image based one to Companies House et al.
Here linked from their own site is their financial statement for 2018 - fully searchable.
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They do have different models.
Some councils pay the outsourced provider a fee to run the centres; others expect the provider to pay them a fee
thank you! its my dream to swim at Crystal place but sadly I can only swim in water I can stand up in!
one dayâŚ
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