Farmer let down by AWM
The regional quangos all have one thing common (actually, it’s several things, but bear with me on this one) - they are all based in metropolitan areas, usually in Birmingham.
Little wonder, then, that this farmer feels let down by Advantage West Midlands:
Rob Keen grows fruit and vegetables on Over Farm, near Gloucester. The flood cost Mr Keen more than £100,000 in lost revenue and farm damage after 350 acres became submerged.
“It was devastating and we would really appreciate some Government help, but that has not been forthcoming. All Advantage West Midlands gave us was £2,500 worth of consultancy, which we had to take in order to receive our £500 cheque. Good for the consultants it seems, but a ridiculous amount for us.”
Why not just give him £3,000 in the first place?
This is typical of AWM who are still desperately trying to get West Midlands Business Link back up to the same level of use as it was prior to being regionalised. Last year AWM closed all the local Business Link services and merged them into one regional Business Link service. In the first few months it received as many calls for the whole West Midlands euroregion (remember, the euroregion extends from Stafford & Stoke to Hereford & Worcester and from Wales to the East Midlands) as the Dudley office did by itself prior to regionalisation.
It’s indicative of the irrelevance of AWM that even after so many businesses suffered from devastating floods, they are still on target to miss all but two of the targets given to them by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. And this is despite forcing farmers and businesses to take their consultancy service in order to receive a paltry amount of financial assistance like in the example above.
What is it MPs keep on saying about failing public sector organisations? Oh yeah, NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Its a diagrace - AWM have benefitted more than the farmer and he is the one that works and produces something beneficial for the country.
February 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 pmThe regional quangos all have one thing common. They are all based in metropolitan areas, usually in Birmingham.
Of course they are mate. How far would these fascist organisations get if they had to deal with English country people?
March 31st, 2008 at 3:12 amThere seem to be plenty of people who do not care a shit about England in cities. They dont care because they aint English.
Personally, I view these imposed fascist quangos as a cancer. They are trying to spread out from the cities to infect the rest of the country. If you think that is extreme what about my other view. They are like a virus spreading from one area to another. This is what the eu new labour anti English scum would like to happen. I dont think the eu will win. Remember the normans?
Yes, I do work in the health care field.