18/03/2024
On Friday 8th March the sale of the Guildhall to the council was completed, and with them having (as yet unknown) plans to redevelop the site, it means an official end to the Guildhall as we have known it and sadly the 5 remaining members of the team here have been made redundant.
Between us we have clocked up over 100 years service in total, with our security manager Jock having been here since 1990, Jackie 25 years, and Ian 5 years. Brian our maintenance engineer has done around 30 years, and myself in the management office over 16 years.
It's been a tough few years for us with the changes in the centre brought about by the previous owners, but we carried on as best we could given the circumstances.
Whether the council and whoever their co-developers will be, decide to keep the Guildhall name anywhere remains to be seen. Whether any of us will be back in any capacity is also an unknown, but for now we'd all like to say a big thank you to everyone who has shopped here over the years. Everyone who used to come along to our various events throughout the year, I know there were a few regular faces which was always great to see. To all our past and present tenants, previous staff, and events teams.
Thank you, and goodbye.
Lindsey x
