Clubs planning to build new stadiums as part of regeneration projects should pay the London Living Wage to all stadium employees, according to a charter set to be agreed by the Greater London Authority tomorrow (Wednesday). This comes three months after QPR1st and others called on the club to commit
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Is that a new stadium way out in the distance?
Any QPR supporter who looks at the Mayor of London’s current consultation on the Old Oak regeneration would be forgiven for thinking that not much progress has been made towards a new QPR stadium. In December 2013 the club announced the new stadium proposal and that there was a letter
Vital questions
QPR’s latest financial statements raise a number of questions. QPR1st Supporters’ Trust hopes the club will clarify these issues so that supporters can have an accurate picture of what it happening at the club they follow. The financial statements show the club’s net debt grew to £179.6m for the year
Beard Gone
Phillip Beard has now left QPR. His resignation from the club was announced in February and he has now left the club. We look forward to a fruitful relationship with whoever is appointed in his place. It is an important role and one which should include listening to and talking
Your questions to the club
Your questions to the club QPR chairman Tony Fernandes will be on the club’s London Call-In this week and the club has asked for questions to be tweeted to them before the broadcast on #LCI It is good that supporters will have the opportunity to hear him answering questions –
Resignation of Phil Beard
Following his resignation as chief executive of QPR, QPR 1st Supporters Trust wishes Phil Beard well for the future. The Supporters Trust will aim to establish a positive relationship with his successor. The officer with responsibility for running day to day affairs at the club sets the tone for what kind of
New stadium consultation meeting
QPR1st Supporters’ Trust, welcomed the club’s decision to hold a meeting on Wednesday (3 September) with supporter groups and websites to discuss progress towards moving to a new stadium. We welcome the club sharing information with supporters and that the club is holding consultation meetings over the next few weeks
New ground proposals and Car Giant
QPR1st, the supporters’ trust, asked for a meeting with the club to discuss the new stadium project and to see if supporters can help the club to make progress and a meeting with supporter groups is now expected. The Trust is concerned that there have been conflicting reports on progress
In Tony We Trust
As QPR fans get over their hangovers, their thoughts will perhaps now start to turn to how much promotion could put them out of pocket- and we are not talking about any huge Credit Card bill run up during Saturday’s Celebrations. The last time we were promoted to the premiership,
Statement on the club’s 2012/13 accounts
QPR1st Supporters’ Trust is concerned about QPR’s rapidly growing debt and how this will affect the future of the club. The latest financial statement by the club shows that, in 2012/13, it made losses of £65 million – much higher than the losses of any comparable club. That brought the