A music holiday in mid Wales has lost its licence among worries over safety, crime and disorder. The three-day Square Holiday in Borth, near Aberystwyth, had been running since 2008 and last year was strap lined by Britpop band Supergrass. Holiday director Chris Dare expounded the event was in debt and a few people were owned money. Ceredigion council revoked its grounds licence, exclaiming management didn’t meet “licensing objectives”. The authority’s licensing panel heard about a spread of issues associated with last year’s holiday, which attracted about five thousand revellers. Dyfed-Powys Police asked the panel to check the grounds licence for the event at Ynys Fergi Farm in Borth. The event was laden with issues in our production, traffic management, security, on-site management and more Chris Dare, holiday director Among the explanations given by the council for revoking the licence were “insufficient control, leadership and delegation demonstrated over staff and the event in general”.
It announced there had been a failure to make certain that public safety was promoted, there had been proof of crime and disorder on site and ineffectual security. Holiday director Chris Dare recounted last year’s event was “one of the toughest, nerve wracking, depressing and weird weekends I’ve ever experienced”.
He added : “The event was shot through with issues in our production, traffic management, security, on site management and more. “There were a number of influencing factors for the events problems, from folk not turning up, poor communication, and numerous unanticipated and half finished issues with the new site, typically making an attempt to do things ‘on a shoe string ‘ also caused issues. “My most sincere apologies to the people the holiday owes money to. This clearly isn’t the way I had reserved for things to go.” Chief Inspector Robyn Mason of Dyfed-Powys Police in Aberystwyth stated that he welcomed the licensing panel’s call. “At the review, we highlighted issues caused to police and to other emergency services at the 2009 festival,” he said. “we don’t object to such holidays going on but organisers need to work with us to make sure that any potential problematical areas can be smoothed out in advance. It is proven that gaining the right licence for music in a business can make a clear retrun on investment and keep consumers longer .