Merchant Venturers

• News / The Downs

  ‘Progress made’ on running the Downs after criticism over lack of transparency

  The management of north Bristol open space has come under fire in recent years

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• News / The Downs

  Views sought to determine future of the Downs

  The Downs Committee wants to know how the common should be managed looking forward

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• News / The Downs

  Legal threat over music events on Downs

  It comes after two music festivals were held on the site last year

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• News / Merchant Venturers

  Master of Merchant Venturers defends society’s control over Downs

  Campaigners say the society has been 'exercising power without responsibility for too long'

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• News / downs

  Renewed calls for Merchant Venturers to relinquish control of Downs

  "They have been exercising power without responsibility for too long"

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• News / Colston 4

  ‘The Society of Merchant Venturers need to get out of our democracy’

  Green councillor Christine Townsend says there is no place in Bristol for the organisation

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• News / Politics

  Labour MP calls for mayoral model to be disbanded

  Karin Smyth says an elected mayor is "designed to ride roughshod over democracy"

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• News / The Downs

  Council side-steps question on cost of fighting legal challenge over parking on The Downs

  Campaigners fought the deal that allowed Bristol Zoo visitors to park on The Downs

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