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EXPLAINED: Merchant venturers | Vintage Vibes

Montpelier High School - the 'best school in Bristol' - gets worst Ofsted rating

The school is 'inadequate' say Ofsted after first inspection in 12 years

Bristol Post

Downs committee pushes ahead with reforms despite concerns over survey

A key question on whether the Merchant Venturers should remain involved was only answered by half of respondents

Bristol Post

Bristol backs the way the Downs are run

The first big survey of its kind endorses the plan for the future

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Bristol asked to decide the future of The Downs

But it could cost half a million pounds to get rid of the Merchant Venturers

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Merchant Venturers 'saviour myth' challenged in row over Clifton Downs

“The Society of Merchant Venturers appears overly reliant on an oral tradition of word-of-mouth briefing, even in relation to its own history"

Bristol Post

Thatchers controversy prompts three Bristol pubs to stop serving its ciders

Three pubs in one Bristol neighbourhood have decided to stop serving the popular cider

Bristol Post

Letter: Calls for Merchant Venturers to give up Clifton Down is 'daft' idea

"If you really want to keep The Downs for the enjoyment of the people, then you will want to leave it how it is"

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Staff challenge University of Bristol on links to Society of Merchant Venturers

They also want honorary degrees for the so-called 'Colston 4'

Bristol Post

EXCLUSIVE: Bristol MPs call for Society of Merchant Venturers to disband

They are an 'unaccountable, undemocratic network with no place in a modern, multicultural Bristol’

Bristol Post

Bristol public will have say on Clifton and Durdham Downs decision-making

Confirmation of a public consultation follows controversy over the Society of Merchant Venturers' involvement

Bristol Post

Merchant Venturers hit back at critics who want them to give up Clifton Down

The MVs say they bought Clifton Down to protect it from housebuilding and get no benefit from their continued involvement

Bristol Post

Merchant Venturers asked to give Clifton Down to city of Bristol

Campaigners say it's time for the ancient trading organisation to give up the land and their role in managing it

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