Leicester Mercury political correspondent
Where did it all go wrong?
As you’re no doubt well aware, Phoenix Square is in financial crisis. Without a £250,000 bail out from the city council today it is likely to go bust.
One thing that I find particularly interesting is the make-up of the board. It is easy to make the assumption that those in charge are likely to be the usual faces on the merry-go-round of local boards, committees and panels. But you’d be wrong.
At first glance, it’s pretty impressive. It includes Microsoft’s lead UK technology adviser, the founder of the UK Youth Parliament, two professors and a handful of film and culture enthusiasts.
But you can have all the experts you can find in charge of the Phoenix, but when they still haven’t figured out that it’s worth putting a cinema sign above the door for the cinema, for example, you can see why question marks bubble up over their judgement.
