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From: Conor Burns MP [email protected]
Subject: News Bulletin from Conor Burns MP #139
Date: 22 December 2015 at 09:15
In this edition:
Conor's Diary Photo news:
AFC Business Breakfast Photo news:Ceuta Group Conor Burns speaks insupport of Bournemouthtourism at BAHA lunch Photo news:Bournemouth & PooleCollege Photo news:West Central LeisureScheme Photo news:Diwali at Bournemouth
University Conor in the papers:"Halfway there:Bournemouth's £50 millionWest Central cinemascheme takes shape" Photo news:Winton & Glenmoor Photo news:3sidedcube Photo news:Steele Raymond Solicitors Photo news:Kinson Business ForumChristmas Fayre Photo news:Kinson South By-Election Conor in the papers:"Four brave war veteranspresented with Legiond'Honneur" Photo news:Kinson Community CentreChristmas Fayre Conor in the papers:"Business secretary SajidJavid: "Bournemouth is onthe rise" How to contactConor Burns MP
Issue 139 - Tuesday 22nd December 2015
Since the last edition, Conor has:
Joined local businesses and community groups at the breakfast
meeting of AFC Business at the Vitality Stadium.
Visited local business Cueta Healthcare to learn more about
their work in Bournemouth and internationally.
Attended and spoke at a lunch organised by the Bournemouth
Accommodation and Hotel Association (BAHA) at
Bournemouth & Poole College’s student-run Escoffier
Restaurant.
Celebrated Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights at
Bournemouth University with students and staff as part of the
Global BUzz project.
Visited the Winton and Glenmoor Academies to meet with
students and head teacher Ben Antell.
Visited 3sidedcube in Westbourne to lear n more about thelatest innovations in mobile app technology.
Met with Public Service and Government students for a Q&A at
Bournemouth & Poole College.
Visited the new site of Central West Leisure complex,
currently at its halfway stage and due to open in October 2016.
Visited Steele Raymond Solicitors to find out more about their
work in the community.
Held surgeries at the Triangle and Kinson Hub to help
constituents with their problems.
Took part in Parliament Week’s ‘Democracy in Action’
debate at Bournemouth Town Hall with local secondary school
pupils.
Attend the presentation of Legion d’Honneur medals at
Bournemouth Town Hall to four Second World War veterans.
Campaigned in the Kinson South by-election with
Conservative candidates Roger Marley and Norman Decent.
Visited the Kinson Business Forum and Kinson CommunityCentre Christmas Fayres.
Photo news:
AFC Business Breakfast
Conor Burns gives the address to the AFC Business Breakfast.
Conor with Jack Williamson and Adam Smithson fromGreenwood Campbell - a Bournemouth based digital agency.
Photo news:
Ceuta Group
Conor Burns with Ceuta Group CEO Edwin Bessant.
Conor Burns speaking with a member of staff at Ceuta and beingshown some of the products the company works with.
Conor Burns speaks in support of
Bournemouth tourism at BAHA lunch
Conor gives the BAHA post-lunch speech.
On Wednesday 11th November, Bournemouth West MP Conor Burnswas pleased to attend a lunch hosted by the Bournemouth
Accommodation & Hotel Association (BAHA) at the Escoffier Restaurant, Bournemouth & Poole College. Following a lunch prepared by students at the college Conor washonoured to have the opportunity to address the Association, whichrepresents hotels and accommodation providers across Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole. The lunch provided a forum to discuss waysin which organisations across the conurbation can work together tosupport the tourism industry that contributes so much to the area. Recent statistics collated by the National Coastal Tourism Academyshow that tourism in Bournemouth is worth around £501 million to thelocal economy, and supports over 12,000 jobs. 68 per cent of visitorsstay in hotels, guest houses and B&Bs, so the businesses that BAHArepresents have an important role to play in welcoming visitors to thetown and ensuring that their experience of the town is positive.
After the lunch Conor said, “Given the important work that they do inrepresenting the local hospitality industry I was delighted to be invited to speak to BAHA at their annual lunch. The hospitality industry plays
a vital role in Bournemouth’s tourism economy, supporting hundreds of jobs, welcoming visitors from around the United Kingdom and theworld, and ensuring they experience the best of what we as a townhave to offer.”
Conor with an attendee before lunch with BournemouthAccommodation and Hotel Association.
Conor talks with student waiting staff at the BAHA lunch.
Photo news:
Bournemouth & Poole College
Conor Burns speaking to Public Services students atBournemouth & Poole College.
Photo news:
West Central Leisure Scheme
Conor Burns being shown the West Central Leisure development.
Photo news:
Diwali at Bournemouth University
Conor with Indian author Meena Kandasamy at the BU Diwalicelebration.
Conor in the papers:“Halfway there: Bournemouth's £50 millionWest Central cinema scheme takes shape” Daren Slade, Bournemouth EchoMonday 16th November 2015
Conor with Chris Dymond, director of Lycet and AndrewFerguson, Fund Manager at Legal and General.
The £50 million cinema andleisure scheme planned for Bournemouth’s former bus station site in Exeter Road is now half finished. Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns toured the West Central site,where the first restaurants are due to open in October next year andthe Odeon cinema in early 2017. The arrival of the 10-screen Odeon will mean the closure of the town’sexisting Odeon and ABC cinemas in Westover Road, which haverecently been sold.
The leisure complex is being built for developer Licet and Legal &General, with tenants already lined up including Nandos, HandmadeBurger, Coast to Coast, Prezzo, Ask Italian and TGI Fridays.
Andrew Ferguson, fund manager for Legal & General, said there wasa lot of interest in the scheme. “It’s probably the largest leisure development in the market for 10 years – certainly one of the most talked about,” he said. The future of the Exeter Road site has been in the balance since firewrecked the town’s bus station in 1976. The station was finallydemolished in 1982 and the site was used as a car park for manyyears. Conor Burns said: “It’s a great delight to finally see something happening here after a long transit. “You can see in embryo what’s going to be here, with plenty of restaurants that are going to offer all sorts of dining styles and a large
number of cinema screens in one place.” He pointed out that the scheme was one of several high-profile towncentre developments, including the Hilton Hotel due to open nextmonth.“If you judge a town’s vibrancy and confidence in its future by thenumber of cranes and the investment in new development, then youcan clearly be reasonably confident in Bournemouth’s future,” headded. Licet director Chris Dymond said: “It’s been a lot of effort by a lot of
people to get here. We were always very keen that it was the right place for this project to happen. “It had its trials and tribulations but it’s almost exactly at the half way stage.” Rod Nutbourne, project manager for Vinci Construction, revealed that50,000 tonnes of foundations from the bus station had been crushedand re-used on the project.
Photo news:
Winton & Glenmoor
Conor Burns with Principal Ben Antell and students at Winton &Glenmoor.
Conor meeting students at the academy.
Photo news:
3sidedcube
Conor listening to Dan Gough talking about new innovations inasthma treatment and Bluetooth technology at 3sidedcube.
Conor with Cllr John Beesley, Leader of Bournemouth BoroughCouncil, at 3sidedcube.
Photo news:
Steele Raymond Solicitors
Conor Burns with (l-r) Senior Associate Simone Ritchie, Partner Tim Stone, Managing Partner Peter Rolph, and Partner Richard
Smith at Steel Raymond.
Photo news:
Kinson Business Forum Christmas Fayre
Conor meets an elf at the Kinson Business Forum ChristmasFayre.
Conor at the soft toy stand at the Christmas fayre.
Photo news:
Kinson South By-Election
Conor out campaigning in Kinson South for Conservativecandidates Roger Marley and Norman Decent for the upcoming
by-election on 10th December.
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Conor in the papers:
“Four brave war veterans presented with
Legion d'Honneur” Lauren Howard, Bournemouth Echo
Saturday 28th November 2015
Conor with Major of Bournemouth, Cllr John Adams, Stan Hartill,Eldon ‘Bob’ Roberts and Les Kerswill.
The reason we're all here todayis all to do with your bravery. That was the message to four courageous war veterans who were
handed the highest French decoration, the Legion d'Honneur, at aspecial ceremony at Bournemouth Town Hall yesterday (FRI). Mayor, Cllr John Adams, welcomed Stan Hartill, Eldon 'Bob' Roberts,Les Kerswill and Ted Young, and their friends and family, to formallyhand them their awards. The four ex-servicemen, who between them have 375 years, stoodproudly thanking Cllr Adams and Conor Burns MP for arranging thegathering, as they each told their tales. Mr Hartill, formerly of RAF Servicing Commando, said: "When I joined the RAF in February 1940 things were very different and I never thought for a moment one day I'd be in the mayor's parlour receiving the Legion d'Honneur. "Thank you everyone for coming along." Mr Kerswill, who served at Dunkirk, said he still has the boots hemarched 1,300 miles in from Russian lines.
"They have been preserved in my family. I walked 1,300 miles but it didn't seem like it. It wasn't as cold as you might think," he said. Mr Roberts, originally from Canada, was one of the first troops to setfoot on the Normandy beaches, and fought across France, Belgiumand Holland. He was the second Canadian soldier ashore on D-Day. "We landed at Juno beach after training in this country and went through front line infantry right up to the border with Germany where I eventually got wounded," he said. "I was 100 yards from the German border and got shrapnel in my leg and it finished my war. I never got to Germany. "While I was here I met an English rose," he added. "The sweetest English rose I've ever known. She passed away five years ago and it was her birthday yesterday."
Conor inspects the Legion d’Honneur medal of BournemouthWest constituent and RAF veteran Stan Hartill.
Corporal Bob Roberts, from Bournemouth, was involved in one of themore bizarre confrontations of the Second World War. Standing at 5ft 3ins, the diminutive soldier took the surrender of 7ft6ins tall German soldier Jakob Nacken. The moment was caught oncamera by a comrade, discovered years later by Sherborne historianRob Smith. Mr Young, of the Royal Engineers, was officially decorated by arepresentative of the French consulate last year.
Conor Burns with Stan Hartill.
Photo news:
Kinson Community Centre Christmas Fayre
Conor with a creature at the Kinson fayre, complete with movablewings!
Conor with Martha Searle, Bournemouth Borough Council’sNeighbourhood Development Officer at the fayre.
Conor in the papers:“Business secretary Sajid Javid:
"Bournemouth is on the rise" Darren Slade, Bournemouth Echo
Tuesday 24th November 2015
Conor Burns with Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Business,Innovation and Skills.
Business Secretary Sajid Javidhas said Bournemouth’seconomy has experienced a “jobs boom” and praised its thriving film-making scene. The cabinet minister for business, innovation and skills also insistedthe government had made the right decision on the Navitus Bay windfarm.
"In Bournemouth we've had a jobs boom. We have, in the last fiveyears, seen more jobs created than the rest of the European Union
put together,” he told the Daily Echo.
“In Bournemouth we've seen a huge fall in unemployment and we'veseen a corresponding rise in the tourism sector and the financial services sector. We've seen a huge amount of investment coming in toBournemouth and that's happened because of the confidence in theeconomy.” He praised the work of Bournemouth University and its animationstudents, many of whom have worked on major Hollywood films. “Not many people in the country perhaps know that BournemouthUniversity is had a really big impact on film making, especially thespecial effects sector,” he said. "Bournemouth is on the rise," he added. Mr Javid, the 45-year-old MP for Bromsgrove, has been tipped as apossible future Conservative leader. He was at Bournemouth'sHighcliff Marriott hotel to address the Sixty Six Club of businesspeople, which raises funds for the party in Bournemouth West.
He defended the government’s decision to require businesses to pay anew National Living Wage, which will reach £9 an hour by 2020, at thesame time as cutting tax credits. He acknowledged businesses were raising concerns about the issue."It's definitely something that would come up, more so with certainsectors – retailing for example or people in social care,” he said. “That's perfectly understandable but what businesses also understand is that you can't have an economy where you have high welfare and low wages.
“We've got to start moving gradually towards higher wages and lower welfare. That's in everyone's interests and I think having a systemwhere we're able to make that progress and that's what announced inthe last budget is the right outcome.”
Ahead of George Osborne’s autumn statement, in which he isexpected to mitigate the effects of the tax credit cuts, Mr Javid
insisted: "It's hugely important to make sure it's a system that rewards people who choose to work."
A referendum on European Union membership is due by 2017 and Mr Javid – who has suggested the costs of staying in the EU currentlyoutweigh the benefit – said businesses across the spectrum wantedreform.
“They want to see reform along the lines of what the prime minister has very recently set out. They want to see an EU more competitive,more pro-business, more pro-growth,” he said.
"The only reason we as a country are having a negotiation is becausethe prime minister has been bold enough to lead a reform. “Without the prime minister we wouldn't have any chance to get reform. When the process ends, we will have certainty. Businesses dolike to have more certainty rather than less but we are bringing certainty by having this debate, getting reform and letting the British
people decide." Mr Javid, who recalled Bournemouth from visits to Conservative partyconferences, could not say whether the party would bring its annualautumn gathering back to the town. It last visited in 2006. "It's above my pay grade to make these decisions,” he said.
Conor and Sajid Javid with Sixty Six Club members at theHighcliff Marriott Hotel Bournemouth.
Three ways to contact Conor Burns MP:
By Phone: 01202 534 888
By email: [email protected]
By post: Conor Burns MPHouse of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA
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