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Hi Joanne, Thanks for the pointer. I too visited the site, found it useful but thought it could give more detail on the services being procured or at least a link to such.
Sorry for being such a poor contributor, I'll try and do better - John
Just like Allan I aproach the media frenzy with some caution and perhaps cynicism. I don't justify the actions of MPs in many ways I'm appauled by them. However, any system which provides a capped expenses facility encourages that human condition ...
Such a high level of credit card debt is most worrying, although we would need to look at the size of the proportion which is aged debt, as sensible folk like me clear the balance by the due date - I wonder who has my £1.6k?
The real interesting p...
As someone whom has to avail off such payments i totally agree with you John
However energy efficency programmes are badly flawed and i belive that no more monies should be spent until the people providing this service actually know what they are ...
Michael, Thanks for the comment and I agree completely that energy efficency is a much better way to spend money. Dealing with fuel poverty will need us to look also at the development of 'Social Tariffs' or in respect of water they refer to them ...
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- At 2:36pm on December 16, 2008,
Quintin Oliver said… - red and blue... folding chair.. Shawcross... read what you will into it - like you the first interesting pic I could locate on my PC.
Now to work...
- At 1:09pm on December 16, 2008,
Quintin Oliver said…
- Or a friendly chair, maybe?
How about some social enterprise chatter on the site then?
Quintin
John McMullan's Blog
Fuel Poverty: Gr8 give away or an opportunity lost
We can probably all recall some months ago the trio of senior Ministers trouping out to announce more good news – ‘we are going to distribute £22m to those living in the most acute fuel poverty’. Let’s ignore that it took six months of political wrangling to get to this announcement, a delay made worse by the very cold winter that we experienced at the beginning of the Year. This week’s announcement that the payments will be made is not a bad thing; we should provide assistance to vulnera… Continue
Posted on April 7, 2009 at 11:56am — 3 Comments
New economy thread
This process is new to me but I'm getting interested in it.
Alan made an interesting observation in relation to a point I was making in respect of using our public spend to invest in indiginous industry, which I thank him for.
The point was as follows:
"By seeking solutions whose aim is "embedding the profits" in the NI Economy, are we not potentially risking the opportunities offered in economies of scale etc. by working through GB or ROI companies.It smacks, rather, of imperial preference.… Continue
Alan made an interesting observation in relation to a point I was making in respect of using our public spend to invest in indiginous industry, which I thank him for.
The point was as follows:
"By seeking solutions whose aim is "embedding the profits" in the NI Economy, are we not potentially risking the opportunities offered in economies of scale etc. by working through GB or ROI companies.It smacks, rather, of imperial preference.… Continue
Posted on January 8, 2009 at 10:25am — 4 Comments
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The IoD Business Environment committee, chaired by Richard Hunter, recently made a submission to the consultation on Planning Reform. Over 80 questions were posed in the consultation and our submission endorsed many of the planning proposals desig...
I think he picks his words very carefully “Since the EFG began in January, 6,410 businesses have been deemed eligible for EFG-backed loans, worth a potential £732m.” What we need to know is how many companies have actually received funding and wha...
Speaking to the IoD Director magazine this month, Lord Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business explains why helping small firms access funds is his top priority
"The last time I contributed to Director—back in January—I'd just completed...
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