The CEO of Red Funnel has responded to a call for meaningful engagement before making a decision on whether or not the company will appeal last week's planning rejection.
After hearing that Isle of Wight Planning Committee had rejected Red Funnel's planning application for East Cowes, the company's boss laid out a very dark future.
Martin Young says he's dug out the council's own paperwork that shows highly, skilled Marine jobs will be exchanged for low pay Tourism and Retail jobs, if the Red Funnel proposal to change East Cowes goes ahead.
Residents and businesses are coming together through an online petition to oppose plans to expand the Red Funnel ferry terminal in East Cowes. Read the open letter from one of the marine businesses to the ferry company's CEO.
Red Funnel are urging Isle of Wight residents and businesses to sign an online petition they've started to support their plans to expand the ferry terminal in East Cowes.
Southampton's planning committee have approved the £33.5m plans to relocate Red Funnel's ferry terminal, despite objections from ABP and Carnival Cruises.
A batch of scam ferry booking confirmation emails pretending to be from Red Funnel - and looking completely believable - are floating around the Internet. It's very important that you don't open the attached document as it will infect your computer. Share it with your friends.
A petition has been launched on the Government Website and calls for "a maximum cap" on Isle of Wight ferry fares. It has six months to reach 100,000 signatures and be considered for debate in Parliament.
The revised plans for the relocation of the ferry terminal in the East Cowes Regeneration will be submitted shortly to the council and include revisions following feedback from residents during the recent consultation.