Misperception explained

HPC - Hastings Pier Charity - responsible for the rebuilding of thr Pier and subsequent running, until it was untimely ripped from their hands.  It is an precept that a new business takes from 3 - 5 years before it is stable.

FoHP - Friends of Hastings Pier - re-established after HPC went into administration in an effort to keep the Pier in Community hands, looking at a commercial venture partnership.