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Re: Dover Port Trust privatisation
Dear Kizzi,
It is quite ridiculous that trust ports cannot borrow.
I presume this is due to the fact that they count as government-owned entities and any borrowing adds to government
borrowing, which it is trying to minimise.
The simple solution to this is to change the rules of national accounting, allow trust ports to borrow and not count this amount as government borrowing.
The present division of national accounts into private and government sectors is over-simplistic; there could easily be another created, like a social sector, to which different rules apply.
Anthony Gaskell,
Independent Maritime Consultants
Re: Dover
Dear Kizzi,
It has a long and shadowy past: originally given to the people of Dover by Henry Vlllth around 1604, it has morphed into a trust, run for the benefit of the board of trustees (so it would appear).
Despite being, apparently, the busiest ferry port in Northern Europe, Dover is one of the poorest, most neglected, run-down towns – apparently the only town in Britain still showing substantial war damage – despite having thousands of trucks rolling through every day.
Calais and Boulogne have been rebuilt with the revenue from ferry traffic - not so, Dover
John Burrows
Re: Motivating staff
Dear Kizzi,
Spot on. Good article. Positive.
It’s a shame UK managers are all born of the same old school drill: “that’s your job, it’s what you’re paid for, get on with it!”
NLP can potentially be a good tool for these managers to understand people have their own maps of the world that need to be understood before trying to influence or motivate change...
Jason Law,
Consultant
Dear Kizzi,
It is quite ridiculous that trust ports cannot borrow.
I presume this is due to the fact that they count as government-owned entities and any borrowing adds to government
borrowing, which it is trying to minimise.
The simple solution to this is to change the rules of national accounting, allow trust ports to borrow and not count this amount as government borrowing.
The present division of national accounts into private and government sectors is over-simplistic; there could easily be another created, like a social sector, to which different rules apply.
Anthony Gaskell,
Independent Maritime Consultants
Re: Dover
Dear Kizzi,
It has a long and shadowy past: originally given to the people of Dover by Henry Vlllth around 1604, it has morphed into a trust, run for the benefit of the board of trustees (so it would appear).
Despite being, apparently, the busiest ferry port in Northern Europe, Dover is one of the poorest, most neglected, run-down towns – apparently the only town in Britain still showing substantial war damage – despite having thousands of trucks rolling through every day.
Calais and Boulogne have been rebuilt with the revenue from ferry traffic - not so, Dover
John Burrows
Re: Motivating staff
Dear Kizzi,
Spot on. Good article. Positive.
It’s a shame UK managers are all born of the same old school drill: “that’s your job, it’s what you’re paid for, get on with it!”
NLP can potentially be a good tool for these managers to understand people have their own maps of the world that need to be understood before trying to influence or motivate change...
Jason Law,
Consultant
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