22/06/2024
IMPORTANT UPDATE
—————
To all our members, I wanted to share with you a personal update as I am sure the last few days has been confusing and unsettling for a lot of you.
As such I wanted to share some information with you to be open and transparent.
The Gym System was changed to a new website on Thursday for two main reasons, to ensure any finances received were being spent appropriately and reinvested into the business, and to provide an easier and more accessible platform for members. This was done without Stephen’s prior approval.
He is willing to agree to use of the new system, however is attempting to fully remove The Kitchen from the gym and refuse access to all Staff, including Nicky.
We had a proposed agreement in place as of Yesterday evening to move forward with the new system and allow The Kitchen to continue operating as normal.
I am sad to say that as of this morning he has overturned this agreement and included some unacceptable requirements, such as for Nicky to be in no way allowed access to any of the Gym Systems, for him to be able to change the agreement completely without consent and with only 7 days notice, and for Nicky not to be allowed on the premises for the time being, as well as being forced to post a public apology to all. As I’m sure you can understand, this is not something I think anyone would agree to and sadly he is not willing to negotiate on any of these.
As such, the current standing of The Kitchen remains uncertain, but I would like to re-assure members that we are still here and will continue to serve you as best as we can.
Today the Police attended, confirmed we have a right to be here and left, unfortunately Steve has turned all power off to the cafe and refuses to co-operate with us or the police in any attempt to resolve this.
I would also like to re-assure you all that no matter the outcome, your membership payments will be dealt with correctly and honestly and you can continue using the gym, whatever happens and we will be working to contact you all in regards to payments and next steps soon.
I deeply apologise that any of you have been brought into this, it is certainly not something that we wanted to broadcast, however with the current situation and uncertainty a lot of you have expressed, I feel as though it’s necessary to update you of where things stand.
Please bear with us and our lovely staff team as we continue to fight for our lovely gym.
