Tesco needs to hire more 'corporate affairs managers' (spin doctors), or else it runs the risk of them spinning themselves to death - if the busy schedule of Michael Kissman is true of all of them. Over the past few weeks he has been trying to spin around the country and support six different Tesco developments*, all of which seem to have massive local opposition. Just look at the last 2 weeks...
19th March - In St Albans, Michael comments on the St Albans Review poll that found 83% of people against Tesco's plans for the city.
20th March - Up North, Michael is commenting in Liverpool on Tesco's plans to redevelop Everton FC's stadium in the Liverpool Echo.
20th March - At the same time by miles away in Suffolk, Michael comments tackles concerns over gridlock in the historic market town of Hadleigh in the East Anglian Daily Times.
26th March - The Liverpool backlash arrives and Michael is trying to persuade locals via the Liverpool Echo that Tesco's plans will not lead to massive job losses and business failures.
(27th March - Michael is not available for comment to the Herts Advertiser, so non-Tesco consultant Eben Black is called in.)
31st March - Michael is speaking to the Suffolk Free Press, trying to answer the concerns of protestors in Hadleigh who are worried about the impact of traffic pollution on listed buildings and a nature reserve.
(*As well as those above, during March Michael has also been working on Tesco's unpopular developments in Mill Road, Cambridge, Halesworth, Norfolk and of course Gerrards Cross)
Perhaps this is why Tesco's St Albans application is STILL NOT IN?????
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