Make It York is seeking a bailout of £2M, made up of loans and property rent deferrals. 

Make it York was in chaos before the current pandemic, the request puts the blame as the Coronavirus pandemic. However, chaotic staff departures and lack of a coherent management strategy have led us to question the direction of the organisation for many months.

For the council to underwrite such a huge request would put a huge strain on City of York Council resources when the very optimistic recovery plan fails in future.

We urge councillors to wind up Make if York now, your liabilities will be nil. 

We suggest you look to merge the City & Visit York teams into York BID and the remaining business staff be redeployed under the guidance of the LEP.