Article: Share scheme dream aims to buy the Turk.

A FORMER town councillor is appealing for local people to come aboard to help keep the Grand Turk in Whitby.

Pete Budd has come up with the novel idea of selling shares in the ship, which is up for sale at a cost of [pounds sterling]2.8m to keep it in the town.

His plan is to issue shares in the ship and he has placed a full page advertisement in the Whitby Gazette today inviting anyone interested to buy shares at a price of [pounds sterling]1,000 each.

Mr Budd suggests councils, public bodies, companies, retired sea captains, clubs and citizens could all be potential buyers.

The advertisement is described by Mr Budd as a preliminary ...

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