So much for their respect for the local community, the council and doing things in accordance with the rule of law: Despite an objection pending to their changing the use of the Rice N Spice cafe to premises for licensed gambling, Metrobet have already got the builders in, the counter is being put in and the shop front already has their sign up. A hearing to determine the licensing application will take place on Tuesday, 18 March at 3:30pm in Committee Room 2A at Waltham Forest Town Hall.
The poor contractors, most of whom seemed at first to be immigrant labour, are working under very poor conditions, but very fast; with the front doors closed and ventilation provided only by two windows being partially opened, while they squat on the floor trying to have a breather. There were no obvious site health and safety precautions in evidence.