THE BEST FINANCE NEWS ON PAGES 14 - 17 Issue No. 1900 2 - 8 December 2021
No interim terraces THE temporary bar terraces that followed the lockdown are not being considered for reintroduction according to the town hall. The terraces that were set up on parking spaces to allow for patrons to enjoy the facilities outside, are according to the town hall unlikely to be necessary in the coming months. The announcement comes after the PIMEM federation of small to medium-sized businesses and the RBC Mallorca restaurants association, wrote to the town hall requesting the return of the temporary terraces as a “safety measure and a contribution to the long road to the recovery of the Palma restaurant sector.” Alberto Jarab, town hall spokesperson and councillor for internal governance said that “given the number of people vaccinated it is unlikely these will be necessary.” He continued that “they do not expect the health situation will worsen to the point that a measure such as this will be necessary.” The view of the Balearic government is that outdoor spaces are the safest, something that PIMEM are quick to point out. The government is however understood to be keeping an eye on the situation.
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SAFER NOW THE family of a Welsh teenag‐ er who died after falling at a Magaluf resort, have said they are proud that safety changes are being made in their son’s name. Thomas Channon, 18 from Rhoose, was celebrating his A‐levels when he fell seven floors over a knee‐high wall in 2018. An inquest held in 2019 found that the teenager was the third to die in a year. The coroner found that ‘simple steps’ to erect a fence could have been taken following the death of Thomas Hughes from Wrexham, who died un‐ der similar circumstances at the same venue five weeks earlier. Channon’s parents cam‐ paigned for safety changes af‐ ter their son fell 21 metres, the third person to have died at the resort in a year. They be‐ lieve that no changes were made due to a lack of commu‐ nication between the resort
MAGALUF: Simple steps should have been taken.
and local authorities. Mr Chan‐ non said that the “biggest shock of all” upon arrival was finding out “perhaps things hadn’t been done that you might’ve expected would’ve been done.”
The scheme to ensure safe‐ ty checks in the event of a fa‐ tality will be piloted in the Balearic Islands next summer, the Foreign Office saying that after this it would be run in other resorts.
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Disability Day THE International Day for Persons with Disabilities will be marked in Palma on December 11 with a series of activities. On the Friday before, the Castell de Bellver buildings will be illuminated in blue to mark the occasion. The activities are scheduled between 10am and 2pm in the Sa Riera park. The Accessible Mile walk will start at 10am and will stay within the park. At 11.15 there will be a monologue performed by the Sa Boira company followed by a storytelling by the Federation of Deaf People of the Balearic Islands (FSIB).