Cowboy builders in the frame as Evening Post HQ roof collapses & nearly kills crane driver
Tony Gosling | 13.12.2010 19:22
Newsdesk number was going straight to voicemail. BBC covered this one up nicely for their control freak mates at the top floor at the Evening Post. Northciliffe's news management team led by Rob Stokes managing to play this down but the atmosphere of employee fear & management control meant that when I spoke to employees today on the phone they didn't even want to admit anything had happened. Maybe Rob will award himself the top 'news management' gong at next year's regional PR awards.
At least one employee was brave enough to post anonymously.
I Was A First Hand Witness. It Was A Domino Effect. And It Was Terrifying. All You Could See Was Dust And A Builder Nearly Got Crushed, He Got Out The Crane On Time.
This Happened At About 9.45, And We Were Not Evacuated Until About 10.30.
But Then Us In The Hub Had To Be Placed Somewhere Else Within The Building Because They Were Doing A Health And Safety Check And They Had To Get A Structural Engineer In As There Were Fears Of A Crack Against The Hubs Wall.
But We Are Now Safely Back In The Hub, Work As Normal.
http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/101213evacuated....shtml
Tony Gosling
Original article on IMC Bristol:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/702495