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      <title>mrs Wendy Dunning [Signature #1294]</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15294304?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[mrs Wendy Dunning<p>very sad a small local company so friendly and helpful, FC should look at their business principles.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Dr Liz Herring [Signature #1293]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 01:18:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Miss Anonymous [Signature #1292]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 3 Nov 2012 10:59:37 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Aaran Thorpe [Signature #1291]</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:43:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>SJ Schmuck [Signature #1290]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SJ Schmuck, Scarborough, United Kingdom<p>Where is the Forestry Commission&#039;s commitment and support to local businesses and employees?</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mr matt hinsley [Signature #1289]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 05:04:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Chris Ashton [Signature #1288]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Chris Ashton, Halifax, United Kingdom<p>Purple is a great friendly place - don&#039;t let it be replaced by a big chain who just want to make money from our free time.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Michael Cowling [Signature #1287]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Michael Cowling, Howden, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:20:27 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>MR Roger Smith [Signature #1286]</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 06:33:02 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr graham moore [Signature #1285]</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 8 Sep 2012 04:49:52 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Anonymous [Signature #1284]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2012 05:55:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>ms Rachel Dex [Signature #1283]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ms Rachel Dex<p>The friendly local service provided by the Purple Mountain Cafe and Bike Rent and superb knowledgable staff are a real asset to Dalby forest and it would be a real mistake on the part of the Forestry Commission to hand this over to big business - we must support excellent local businesses like these.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>mr Robert Margarson [Signature #1282]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr Robert Margarson, south cockerington, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 2 Sep 2012 01:58:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Stephen Hall [Signature #1281]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Stephen Hall, Rise, Skirlaugh, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom<p>Yet again throught the procurement process everybody gets what nobody wants apart from a few stockbrokers. Well done Forestry Commission for having such a loose grasp of procurement law you have failed to protect a popular, sustainable and local service. This represents a failure on every level and because of you the Dalby experience will be a little less unique.... why not just let Halfords Supply the bikes and Costa the coffee? God this has depressed me. When will this blizzard of shame visited upon us by over zealous under educated procurement officers end?</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr nick blaney, United Kingdom<p>Support local businesses.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:40:05 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr michael levett [Signature #1279]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr michael levett, thornaby-on-tees, north yorkshire, United Kingdom<p>we must save our local business/local jobs and not give way to these large companies whose only interest is making a quick buck,are they bothered about the needs of the guy in the street(or should i say Purple Mountain track)i think not.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Ben Bell [Signature #1278]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Ben Bell, Alfreton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom<p>The Purple mountain is great, It works and people love it.<br />
Keep the people happy!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Dr John Shaw [Signature #1277]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr John Shaw, United Kingdom<p>The Purple Mountain cafe and shop is always a highlight on our trips to Dalby. It would be tragic to see faceless mass market catering take its place.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:28:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Mr Neil Beardsmore [Signature #1276]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:10:41 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>David Whyte [Signature #1275]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[David Whyte, Bradford, Yorkshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:32:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Guy Consitt [Signature #1274]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Guy Consitt, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Antony Everington [Signature #1273]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Antony Everington, North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom<p>We need to support local business.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Paul Bunyan [Signature #1271]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Paul Bunyan, Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 8 Aug 2012 10:33:46 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mr Anonymous [Signature #1270]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, lincoln, lincolnshire, United Kingdom<p>In any of these kinds of sourroundings and areas as many local buisnesses as possible should always be used..<br />
Have popped into the dalby cafe a couple of times and cannot fault the service..</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Rory Mcmillan, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:20:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>mrs Anonymous [Signature #1267]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, United Kingdom<p>A local cafe, producing locally made food, especially for its local client&egrave;le. Small and friendly - the sort of business that te Forestry Commission should want to support.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mr Jan Stetka [Signature #1266]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Jan Stetka<p>Lovely cafe should be kept as it is.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Mrs SM Swaffield [Signature #1265]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mrs SM Swaffield, West Lutton, Malton, United Kingdom<p>Why change something that has been proven to work well and is popular?</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Miss Janet Wyllie [Signature #1264]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Miss Janet Wyllie, Scotland<p>Same happened at The Hub at Glentress near Peebles.</p>

<p>A contract given to a new company (set up by owners of former Glentress Hotel), whom, if they had been trading under their original name would never have got the contract, since its recently come out they liquidated and owed money.</p>

<p>Still they have the contract but the two ladies Emma Guy and Tracey Brunger, both experienced MTBers, had been very successful in running the business for 10 years were chucked out! They knew their stuff and always made everyone welcome.</p>

<p>Not fair and regulars MTBers are really sad that they are not running the new centre a different atmosphere.</p>

<p>But that is greed for you!!!</p>

<p>I hope the contract does go to locals working hard already getting the MTBers in, but at looking at what happened up here, I&#039;m sorry that doesn&#039;t create hope.</p>

<p>Think hard about this Forestry Commission, many of these people running these cafes put more effort in than you realise, and a normal city cafe contractor can&#039;t give what these locals do and know.</p>

<p>Its not just a cafe its a MTB cafe!</p>]]></description>
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      <title>MR JOHN SENIOR [Signature #1263]</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MR JOHN SENIOR, SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKS, United Kingdom<p>I can only express my bewilderment that a family run institution that provided good service and good food has been replaced by two external providers who have no previous history in or with Dalby Forest. While business is business you should consider that Dalby isn&#039;t a bank or factory and that Purple Mountain have helped drive the success of Dalby. While I am sure that Pace will do a good job..and pay more for what to them will be a commercial foothold.. and the new cafe owners will do a good job this isn&#039;t really the point.<br />
Looking after people who have supported you ought to have a place within the Forestry Commission and the number of hugely popular and successful small businesses that have been victim to this process says very little for the FC and the way it does business. Possibly a greater priority should be adressing the grotesquly inflated prices charged at the &#039;sustainable&#039; cafe and gift shop which seems to assume that everyone who visits drives a BMW SUV and has disposable income falling out of their pockets.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 8 Jul 2012 12:29:53 UTC</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr paul smith, little driffield, United Kingdom<p>What ripoff prices have appeared to double. And they don&#039;t appear to want to service  groups!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Philip Heyes, United Kingdom<p>Don&#039;t kill the magic.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Karl Hunt, Wakefield, Est Yorkshire, England<p>Hope you come back to Dalby , it&#039;s not the same !</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Rosalind Bannister, Scarborough, North Yorkshire]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Adam Davidson, Hull, Hull, United Kingdom<p>Will muddy mountain bikers be allowed into the corporate run cafe for a post ride hot chocolate and slice of banana cake? I doubt it!</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr Stephen Quinn, United Kingdom<p>This is awful behavior by the forestry commission. Purple mountain were a great asset to the area.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mr Robert Bird, United Kingdom<p>Purple Mountain have provided an exemplary service to bikers at all levels. I have personally used them with groups and individually. The cafe is superb as is the bike shop. Where else would you get such brilliant service they are bikers and caring people leave them alone.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Anonymous<p>Another example of forrestly com bowing to corporate business.  Same thing happened at glen tress and incumbents built up the place</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr darren Crompton<p>I have used the centre many times and found the service it offers really great. the local feel is really important part of the centre and must be kept.</p>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[mr john cunniffe, st helens, Hong Kong<p>seems big buisness wins again</p>]]></description>
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some one needs an enima.</p>]]></description>
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