Paisley Community Trust quits as members lambast Renfrewshire Council over failed cinema project

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An ambition to create a cinema and community hub in Paisley town centre has died as the organisation behind it says efforts to progress plans with Renfrewshire Council are “futile”.Members of Paisley Community Trust this week confirmed they would dissolve the volunteer-led charity as a result of the local authority’s “institutionalised disregard for the very communities it is appointed to serve”.In a lengthy statement outlining its decision to cease operating, PCT said the failure to realise the proposed cinema - to sit on the upper floors of Bargain Buys - lay firmly at the door of Renfrewshire Council.But bosses at Renfrewshire House say the proposal is simply not financially viable.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies. Available on both Android and Apple.

D ownload here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocial Outlining a series of concerns and missed opportunities to secure lifeline funding for the initiative, PCT said the council had failed to submit its fully compliant funding application to the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund.It also more recently, PCT suggests, buried the cinema proposal for good with a piece of market research which looked at the provision of cinemas in and