Ramsey Bakery

Summary

A request was made to the Department for Enterprise regarding offers for the former Ramsey Bakery and any associated financial assistance sought or granted. The authority responded that it does not hold the requested information.

Key Facts

• The request concerned the former Ramsey Bakery business.
• The Department for Enterprise does not hold information on offers made for the business.
• No records were found regarding financial assistance requests or grants for the bakery.
• The request was received on 2022-08-02 and closed on 2022-08-22.
• The requester was informed of their right to an internal review or appeal to the Information Commissioner.

Data Disclosed

• 2555574
• 2022-08-02
• 2022-08-22
• 01624 686400
• IM1 1EX

Original Request

Whether any offers were made for part or all of the business of the former Ramsey bakery whether from on or off the Isle of Man. Whether any interested parties sought financial assistance in the form of grants, loans or loan guarantees. Whether any of these were offered and with what conditions or whether any request was declined and if so on what basis. Include minutes of meetings, references to legislation or other guidelines concerned: in the case of the latter, provide copy of the guidelines.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Co-ordinator 1st Floor, St Georges Court Upper Church Street, Douglas Isle of Man IM1 1EX

Telephone: (01624 686400) Website: https://www.iomdfenterprise.im/

Our ref: 2555574 22 August 2022

Dear ###,

We write further to your request which was received on 2 August 2022 and which states:

"Whether any offers were made for part or all of the business of the former Ramsey bakery whether from on or off the Isle of Man. Whether any interested parties sought financial assistance in the form of grants, loans or loan guarantees. Whether any of these were offered and with what conditions or whether any request was declined and if so on what basis. Include minutes of meetings, references to legislation or other guidelines concerned: in the case of the latter, provide copy of the guidelines."

Whilst our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

Please quote the reference number 2555574 in any future communications.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your freedom of information request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response, by completing a complaint form and submitting it electronically or by delivery/post.

An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.