Significant new steps have been taken in the efforts to save Newton Rigg College. Newton Rigg Ltd today announced a major development in its bid to save the college, and has called on Government to take action to prevent Askham Bryan College from selling land or assets. The fight to save Newton Rigg College has intensified over the last few days, with significant new steps taken to secure the future of the college. The group has been in fast-paced discussions with a major college that is keen to facilitate Newton Rigg Ltd’s proposals, creating a genuine opportunity to save the college.
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to keep an agricultural college open have called on the Government to take action to prevent land or assets from being sold. A strategic review co-ordinated by the government’s further education commissioner, which began in June, turned down two bids to save Newton Rigg College at Penrith from closure. Owner Askham Bryan College had received two bids to take over the site, including a multi-million pound bid from a cross-industry group, known as Newton Rigg Ltd. But the commissioner concluded that neither of the bidding parties met the criteria to secure the long-term success of a potential new college, and it has recommended that the site should close in July 2021, as planned.
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A group set up to keep a renowned agricultural college open is calling on the government to stop its sale.
Newton Rigg College in Penrith, Cumbria, was deemed financially unviable and earmarked for closure.
A review by the Further Education Commissioner concluded none of the bids received by owner Askham Bryan College to take over the site was suitable.
But campaign group Newton Rigg Ltd said it was in fast-paced discussions with another major college .
Chairman Andrew Cobb said there was a genuine opportunity to save the college and that the group had asked the commissioner to prevent any sale while discussions continued.
A consortium set up to save Newton Rigg has called on the Government to halt the sale of the college’s land and assets as it claims there has been a “significant development”. Newton Rigg Ltd was told last Friday that its bid to take on the college, currently run by.
FIGHT GOES ON: Newton Rigg Campus in Penrith Significant new steps have been taken in the efforts to save Newton Rigg College. Newton Rigg Ltd today announced a major development in its bid to save the college, and has called on Government to take action to prevent Askham Bryan College from selling land or assets. The fight to save Newton Rigg College has intensified over the last few days, with significant new steps taken to secure the future of the college. The group has been in fast-paced discussions with a major college that is keen to facilitate Newton Rigg Ltd’s proposals, creating a genuine opportunity to save the college.