Decision Maker: Assistant Director Community Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Prior to the current pandemic and a number of
lockdowns, the café within South Park was operated by a
private company, Richmondshire Leisure Trust who issued a Notice to
Quit at the end of September 2020.
Historically the café has been run either in-house by the
Council or outsourced to the private sector.
The catering operation at the Dolphin Centre and the Café in
the Collaboration Space are successful business units, and South
Park Café will be managed and operated by the in-house
catering team. When the Council has previously operated the
café, it has returned a small surplus. Income and
expenditure will be monitored closely and a review of the decision
to operate the café in-house will be taken in a year’s
time.
That South Park Café be operated
in-house to enable the café to open as we come out of
lockdown, providing a popular service to park users.
The café has been operated by external
organisations on two previous occasions and both have terminated
the agreement with the Council. A number of individuals have
enquired about running the café, however, it is believed at
this time, as we start to come out of the pandemic, it is more
appropriate for the Council to operate the café.
Publication date: 19/03/2021
Date of decision: 01/03/2021