A former boss of Shrewsbury’s West Mid Show has received a settlement from his former employers after being made redundant when the organising society went into financial meltdown.

Bosses of the West Mid Show were today putting more than £20,000 into the coffers after creditors agreed to wait up to eight years for their cash.

Bosses behind a reformed West Mid Show were today granted a licence to stage the event in Shrewsbury this summer – despite residents’ objections.

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Hopes of staging a revamped West Mid Show this summer today moved a step closer after bosses applied for a new premises licence.

The crisis-hit West Mid Show could be handed a lifeline by Shropshire Council.

The crisis-hit West Mid Show could be handed a lifeline by Shropshire Council to ensure the future of the event.

Shrewsbury Town Council officials say they can only offer “minimal” financial support towards a replacement for the West Mid Show, but have pledged to do all they can to help if the event goes ahead this summer.

They say the show goes on . . . but will it? The Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society may have been saved from the axe, but staging a new two-day event in just six months’ time with no staff, no cash and no, as yet, agreement from the 80-odd creditors left out of pocket, [...]

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Livestock, horses, food and drink would be the focus of The Shropshire Show, a renamed event to replace the crisis-hit West Mid Show.

The society behind the historic West Mid Show has been saved after supporters voted against taking it into liquidation despite debts of around £260,000.

Shropshire Council was today revealed as the potential saviour of the crisis-hit WestMid Show following talks between trustees and authority bosses.

Shrewsbury Town Council could take over the running of a major showground in a bid to keep events such as the West Mid Show in the town.

The West Mid showground pumps more than £6 million into the regional economy, it was revealed today.

A rescue plan for the West Mid Show will be presented to an emergency meeting of the society’s council tomorrow night in Shrewsbury.

Creditors for the West Mid Show could be asked to accept a five-year repayment plan as part of a rescue package for the historic event.

West Mid Show bosses are to hold an emergency meeting next week in a bid to save the historic show from going bust.

The West Mid Show was this afternoon given an 11th-hour stay of execution as a move to take it into liquidation failed.

Cash-strapped agricultural shows in Shropshire are being thrown a financial lifeline just weeks after the county’s biggest such event went bust with debts of more than £160,000, putting an end to the West Mid Show in Shrewsbury.

A new show for Shropshire’s WI members could be held in the county next year – because of the collapse of the West Mid Show due to a cash crisis.

This year’s West Mid Show should never have gone ahead as officials were facing a cash crisis running into thousands of pounds nine months before the event took place, a leading member of the society claimed today.

The West Mid Show could be resurrected under a new name and with different ambitions under rival plans by two groups separately trying to save the event. The West Mid Show could be resurrected under a new name and with different ambitions under rival plans by two groups separately trying to save the event. The [...]

Hopes have been raised for the future of the West Mid Show with bids being made for a new event.

A mystery Shropshire businessman was considering bailing out the West Mid Show to the tune of £50,000 before advisors warned him not to, it was claimed today.

Organisers of the West Mid Show were proposing to change the event’s name just weeks before it went into liquidation.

A deal to save the West Mid Show from financial ruin came within moments of being struck until a VAT bill was uncovered which scuppered any rescue plan, it emerged today.

Moves were today under way to save the West Mid Show.

The final chairman of the West Mid Show today revealed how she resigned after losing her fight to save the showpiece event.

The West Mid Show is being placed into voluntary liquidation after more than 120 years, it was revealed today.