40 Coinslot May 20 - May 26, 2011 Newsweek My Diary
As he made his final preparation for next week’s East Coast Amusement Show in Skegness, UDC’s Michael Green took some time out to talk to My Diary.
H
aving recently returned from a trip to the Far East, sourcing innovative new products for
2012 in Taiwan and Korea, I will have spent much of the week getting up to speed with everything that has hap- pened - sales and dispatches - whilst I was away. As well as concluding that catch-up on Friday, I will help over- see the loading of equipment for next week’s East Coast Amusement Show (ECAS). As ever, we have a wealth of the best family amusement equip- ment in stock, so we are taking two trucks worth of product with us to Skegness. After going to see my youngest grandson, who is a very
good all-round sportsman, play cricket this Saturday, on Sunday I travel up to Skegness and the sur- rounding area to visit several of our customers at their arcades, observing their machines in action on one of the busiest days of the week, getting feed- back on how their business have per- formed thus far and talking about the upcoming ECAS. I will do the same on Monday before heading over to the Southview Park Hotel, the show’s venue, to see what progress has been made with setting everything up. As well as our own products, we will be joined by fellow exhibitors Crown Direct and Deith Leisure, Electrocoin,
Hazel Electronics and PMS Interna- tional, so I will ensure they get their allocated spaces and have everything they need. That evening we all con- vene for a pre-show evening meal, get- ting our spirits up in preparation for 10am the following morning, when the doors open and the event com- mences. This being the show’s second year, we are set to welcome even more guests than we saw in 2010. The following weekend is another bank holiday, and with oper- ators buoyed by the good start to the season that Easter brought with it, we hope they will be confident in their investment decisions.
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UK INDUSTRY EVENTS MAY 2011
24-25East Coast Amusement Show Southview Park Hotel Skegness 020 8965 7071
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UK EVENTS JUNE 2011
8Park Avenue Open Day Park Avenue London 0208 965 2055
www.electrocoin.net 20-22BALPPA Summer Confer- ence Falmouth/Cornwall UK 0207 403 4455
www.balppa.org 21BISL Gaming Working Group Meeting JGR Waverly House London UK 0208 255 3782
www.bisl.org 21-23British Destinations Annual Conference Rhyl UK 0151 934 2285
www.britishresorts.co.uk 22BACTA National Council Meet- ing Butchers Hall Barbican London UK
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UK EVENTS SEPTEMBER 2011
4-7Autumn Fair NEC Birmingham UK
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20-22Leisure Industry Week 2011 NEC Birmingham, UK
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nn@sjc.co.uk PARLIAMENTARY WATCH
As if the coalition government isn’t embattled enough already, another storm is brewing that threatens the career of its more senior ministers, observes BACTA.
This week sees a senior
cabinet minister face mounting pressure to resign over allegations related to a speeding offence.
Energy and Climate Change secretary Chris Huhne has been forced to deny allegations that he asked another person to take driving penalty points on his behalf for a speed- ing offence. The claims, relating to a time before Huhne became an MP, surfaced in two Sunday newspapers at the weekend. His office has denied the allegation about a speed- ing offence dating back to 2003, when he was an MEP, saying they had been made before and been shown to be untrue. A spokesman for the Lib- eral Democrat MP said: “The allegations made against Chris Huhne are simply incorrect. These allegations have been made before and have been shown to be untrue.” The story gained legs when backbench Labour MP Simon Danczuk lodged a formal complaint with police over the inci- dent. Essex Police said the information would be passed to officers who would decide whether to launch an inquiry.
A spokesman said: “We
are aware of allegations regarding a speeding offence in 2003. This infor- mation will be passed to officers who will decide on whether an investigation will be launched.” On Monday, Huhne went
before TV cameras to say he welcomed the referral to the police and continued to deny the charges. The allegations surfaced as Mr Huhne’s former wife Vicky Pryce spoke about the
break-up of their marriage last week.
The events of the last few days have raised ques- tions on whether Huhne could continue to serve in Cabinet while being the subject of an ongoing police investigation, but Downing Street pointed out that former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair had done precisely that when he was being investi- gated over the cash-for- honours affair.
What is clear is the ongo- ing ‘speeding’ row threat- ens to destroy the career of a formidable politician and senior member of the coali- tion government. Huhne had already been in the spotlight for his criti- cism of the Conservatives over their behaviour during the recent cam- paign over changing the UK voting system - which saw the two government parties on opposing sides of the argument. He then faced pressure
from green groups who called on the government to accept the recommen- dations (which Huhne sup- ports) on the UK’s carbon budgets from its climate change advisers.
Friends of the Earth even went as far to call on him to resign in protest if his fellow ministers tried to water down the advisers’ proposals in cabinet on Monday.
If he is forced to stand down, under-secretary of state at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Ed Davey would be widely expected to suc- ceed him.
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