{"id":20847,"date":"2017-11-07T15:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=20847"},"modified":"2017-11-07T15:15:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T15:15:51","slug":"fairwater-leisure-centre-cafe-set-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/11\/07\/fairwater-leisure-centre-cafe-set-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairwater leisure centre cafe is one of four set to close"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FAIRWATER is one of four Cardiff leisure centres that will have its cafe closed.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20950\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20950\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20950\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/11\/IMG_0676-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/noscript> Fairwater leisure centre will have its cafe closed down after poor financial performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAfter last week&#8217;s announcement that Pentwyn leisure centre cafe will shut by the end of the year, it has now been revealed that Fairwater, Western, and Llanishen centres will follow suit.<br \/>\nGLL, the operator of the leisure centres, said the closures were due to poor financial performances.<br \/>\nA spokesperson for GLL said: \u201cWe are closing four leisure centre cafes across Cardiff following a review of the loss-making catering service. Eleven catering assistants have chosen voluntary redundancy and one has been successfully redeployed.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are also offering voluntary redundancy or redeployment to six senior administrators whose roles are no longer needed following restructuring and investment in technology.<br \/>\n\u201cStaff who leave us receive advice and support and we are pleased to say we have made no compulsory redundancies.\u201d<br \/>\nThe GLL spokesperson said the poor financial performance was not company wide, as memberships in Cardiff were up 12% and they are investing \u00a33.4m into new and upgraded facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAIRWATER is one of four Cardiff leisure centres that will have its cafe closed. After last week&#8217;s announcement that Pentwyn leisure centre cafe will shut by the end of the year, it has now been revealed that Fairwater, Western, and Llanishen centres will follow suit. 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