Re N707ZS post about debt.
Was Teesside Airport in any debt before Peel was gifted the whole place for £500k?
The land by Peels own accounts is now valued at £30m without houses on it.
If the airport and council owners did have any debt on the place, how much did it amount to?
There was a duty free shop and other retailers there when holiday flights operated under the councils ownership, so jobs were also there, but look at it now.