{"id":581724,"date":"2026-08-27T07:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581724\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:34:15","slug":"mgp-traders-praise-for-government-over-compensation-for-lost-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/581724\/","title":{"rendered":"MGP trader&#8217;s praise for government over compensation for lost days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Thursday, 27 August 2026 06:26\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/332305-1.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Picture credit: Manx Radio<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            50% refund on pitch costs after event is cut short\n        <\/p>\n<p>Traders at the TT Grandstand will be refunded 50 percent of their pitch fees after the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT was cut short. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s welcome news for businesses who lost out on three days of trade after the race programme was condensed to beat bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>Race organisers made the decision to complete the race schedule on Tuesday instead of tomorrow (28 August) after reviewing the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manxradio.com\/news\/isle-of-man-news\/hospitality-counting-the-cost-of-quietest-ever-mgp\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.manxradio.com\/news\/isle-of-man-news\/hospitality-counting-the-cost-of-quietest-ever-mgp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Government\u2019s decision has drawn praise from the event&#8217;s longest serving refreshment provider Ian Davison who told Manx Radio it&#8217;s the quietest he&#8217;s ever known the event:<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Manx Radio has invited the Steam Packet Company to respond.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 27 August 2026 06:26 Picture credit: Manx Radio 50% refund on pitch costs after event is cut&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,8619,10197,10204,24231,157,111,43,139,69,24232],"class_list":["post-581724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-fun","tag-isle-of-man","tag-manx","tag-manx-news","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-presenters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}