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    How to lose One Hundred Thousand Pounds a day?

    bobby47
    By bobby47,

    Our local NHS Trust have achieved this remarkable achievement by following the ideology of Common Purpose, placing their complete faith in LinkedIn and its vast number of under achievers who swim amongst their members deluding themselves and us into ever believing that 'it's a business' and should be run in that way when it was, is and always will be a bloody service.

    Back to the question though. How did they manage it. Well, a start would be in giving the land the old Hospitals once sat upon away at a very commercially and highly interesting price. Next to buggar all is extremely interesting.

    Then you get the interested sharks from the private sector to agree to build you a new one, which, considering the future opportunities that'll emerge, they happily agree to do, just as long as they get some sugar at the very end of the feeding frenzy upon our public funds. The bloody rent!

    You then get some Wiley, cunning and very clever sharp suits from the private sector who've been feasting for years off the highly rewarding PFI stupidity, pop them in a room and introduce them to the public sector suits who just happen to be bloody incompetent, know nothing about how to avoid getting ripped off and eaten alive, set a rate of rent which is hugely damaging to the future well being of the Hospital and, end up wth a building that's far to small than the one the County really needed, very costly to run with an accompanying annual costs that'd destroy any public service organisation that doesn't manufacture and sell anything and can never ever service the debt that the highly paid, let's pay the best to get the best, incompetent public service suits agreed upon because they were out of their depth, largely due to the fact they'd all reached their own level of personal incompetence many years ago whilst combing the greasy pole of Public Sector Money Games.

    Once that's been done, you gather in all the past failures, the dross and dregs of the public sector, allow them to build their Empire Of Dirt, stock it so full of management the whole thing evolves into a bureaucratic beast of burden that begins to eat itself alive resulting in administrative chaos that's not helped because the very same idiots who gave the Hospital away to PFI are the very same ones who negotiated yet another highly expensive and badly procured project that nobody ever wanted or needed but it sounded like a good idea at the time.

    Then, you begin outsourcing everything to the private sector, enabling the savings of imaginary millions, the creation of thousands of imaginary jobs and the opportunity to never be held to accountability because it wasn't ever going to be your fault and just to confuse anyone who dares ever look beneath the big lie, you create loads of bloody Partnerships who are there to share in the glorious failure of it all chanting, 'lessons have been learnt' guaranteeing to everyone that they'll dig deeper and deeper before ever admitting that they buggered it all up.

    Next, create Arms Length companies that can secrete the dreadful failures and never be opened to public scrutiny. Then, once you start that, create some Partnerships. They're all pointless of course but it all looks so grand from their corporate perspective and adds greatly to the ever increasing cycle of confusion, chaos and the stumbling from one self created disaster to the other that's just around their corner.

    Then, once the private sector have created their Health Care Support company that's staffed with hundreds of Nurses and Doctors who left the local Health Trust because the money was better and the stress less, you get to lose lots more money quite quickly on staffing costs. Costs that are so high you've absolutely no chance of ever breaking even in this lopsided game of The Public Sector Cash Trough.

    Course, there's the hundreds of other contracts that were also negotiated between the Idiot and the private sector. Want a new phone. Pay me. New Light Bulb. Pay me. No matter what it is or how simply the job can be done. Pay me! You pay me over and over again until our contract with one another expires.

    In short, every single component part of our local NHS Trust is tainted by a commercial contract negotiated by an incompetent bungling idiot who's either left the gravy train or, through sheer luck,has managed to cling on despite the part they played in losing us all one hundred thousand pounds every day of our seven day week.

    That's pretty much how to lose that sort of money. You simply make one single crucial strategic appointment and allow that one single idiot to indulge themselves and allow their imagination to run riot.


    Table Top Sale at Belmont Community Centre

    Tracy Bowes
    By Tracy Bowes,

    Hi

     

    Just to let you know there is a table top sale taking place at Belmont Community Centre on Sunday 4th December 2016 from 1.30 pm.

     

    Sellers should reserve tables in advance with a full payment of £5 and arrive at 1 pm.

     

    Come along and maybe grab yourself a bargain.


    Toby Carvery Coming to Hereford?

    Colin James
    By Colin James,

    I hear rumours that Toby Carvery are coming to Hereford? Possibly at the bunch of carrots... anyone?


    BROCKINGTON

    Denise Lloyd
    By Denise Lloyd,

    Am I correct in thinking that Brockington used to be the HQ for Tate & Lyle or British Sugar Corporation or something to do with sugar production?  At one time not so long ago a lot of sugar beet was grown in this county. Having lived in Hafod Road once upon a time I remember walking past this building and looking at it in awe.

     

    I think it is a magnificent building and hope beyond hope that it is listed.  


    Who wants to spy on you - Theresa May

    megilleland
    By megilleland,
    The Independent today:

    Investigatory Powers Bill: Theresa May accused of rushing snoopers' charter into law to avoid scrutiny
     
    Theresa May has been accused of trying to rush through controversial new surveillance laws before the EU referendum campaign, after it emerged that a new “snoopers’ charter†will be introduced in the Commons this week.
     
    The Home Secretary’s draft Bill – giving spy agencies sweeping powers to monitor people’s web history – was attacked in a series of parliamentary reports earlier this month, sparking calls for it to be entirely rewritten. 
     
    A joint committee of MPs and peers has claimed that Mrs May’s proposed overhaul of spying laws was “flawed†and set out 86 proposed changes. However, Mrs May will formally bring forward the Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill on 1 March.
     
    The Bill is the Government’s second attempt at creating new digital surveillance powers for the security services. The first – the original “snoopers’ charter†– was dropped after Nick Clegg vetoed its introduction in 2013 over privacy fears.

     

    So who is going to spy on the government and will they be selling our web history to anyone including the FBI?


    Hereford at a standstill...again

    ragwert
    By ragwert,

    Accident involving yeomans bus by Newmarket roundabout has blocked up the roads this afternoon. My mother in law was on the bus and is pretty shaken up.the salvation army lady that sits outside butter market was thrown out of her seat and has been taken to hospital.


    15 year plan for Herefordshire leaked.

    ragwert
    By ragwert,

    Taken from BBC Hereford & Worcester

    What do you think?

    BBC Hereford & Worcester can reveal a 15 year plan to spend hundreds of millions of pounds changing the face of Herefordshire.

    The proposals contained in a leaked document, include creating a new riverside area in Hereford and multi story car parks on the city's outskirts. Proposals also see plans to build a hotel at the racecourse and to approach businesses to build accommodation for thousands of students.

     


    Charity - Support the Heroes ordered to suspend fundraising?

    Ubique
    By Ubique,

    I have posted this because this "Charity " SUPPORT THE HEROES set up their stall outside Laula Ashley Maylord / Commercial Road Hereford selling Draw tickets for £2.50 each . It is a UK Draw so you can imagine how many tickets are sold .The person manning the Stand takes 33% commission , paid in cash . The Draw is every two months and the first prize is a TV !

    The last time they submitted their accounts to the Charity Commission they reported MONEY IN £548,440 MONEY TO WORTHY CAUSES £15.153 , the experts say that is 3% .

    Going on from that there is a local connection to these Charity Organisers - you will recall that William ALDRIDGE was the youngest Soldier killed in Afgan. The same week 7 other members of our Armed Forces were also killed in Afgan. A short time later the mothers of these young lads and ladies got together and formed AFGAN HEROES , for the first two years they were really positive and raised over £2million . Then a man called Tony Chadwick got involved with his Company, Prize Promotions Ltd. of Blackpool selling Draw tickets , it then went all downhill and he declared himself bankrupt.

    He then set up another Company with a friend called SUPPORT THE HEROES - using a Company called Targeted Managements. Now the Charity Commission are looking into that Company

    To my simple mind I think that the Charity Commission are toothless tigers - the Military Charity I am involved with have been complaining about Support the Heroes for at least two years to no avail.

    The Charity Commission are also looking into a new Charity " Our Local Heroes Foundation " who's fundraising is managed by Target Management and Tony Chadwick has a finger in the pie !


    Festive Hereford

    Colin James
    By Colin James,

    Our beautiful city of Hereford looking very festive this evening. Hope you like my little editing...

     

    Hereford Xmas.jpg


    NHS / TAURUS HEALTHCARE

    Ubique
    By Ubique,

    The below was taken from the Council FB

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    How long does it take to get our roads repaired

    megilleland
    By megilleland,
    How long does it take to get our roads repaired? Longer than if the Japanese did the work. Watch these videos, following the giant sinkhole collapse a week ago, putting the town's five lane street into a big hole. Interesting to see the human interaction to get the work done.

     


    By the way can we raise the council tax to buy a few more spray cans for BB to mark out our potholes! It is a pity that all our local council tax is given to private companies to shift offshore instead of creating local jobs so that our roads are once again highways and not cart tracks. I can see the Japanese building HS2 in a couple of months if they get the contract.

    Yates Pub Hereford to be Refurbished

    Colin James
    By Colin James,

    A quick little scoop..

     

    Yates Hereford will close for refurbishment on October 17th and re-open November 11th 2016.

     

    This is a complete refurbishment every back to the shell and rebuild.

     

    Yates.jpg

     

    I could end up looking similar to the newly refurbished Yates Reading  see photographs here

     

    Remember where you heard it first folks..


    Children's Christmas Party

    Tracy Bowes
    By Tracy Bowes,

    We are holding a Children's Christmas Party at Belmont Community Centre on Saturday 17th December from

    2 pm to 4 pm.  The cost is £3 a ticket including food and drink.

     

    Booking is essential so please either pop into the Centre or call us on 01432 263415 to reserve your tickets.

     

    Fun, games and an extra special visitor.

     

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    See attached poster, we look forward to seeing you

    Childrens Christmas Party 17 Dec 16.docx


    M&S under threat

    megilleland
    By megilleland,

    Article in the Daily Wail today suggesting that M&S could be on a hit list of closures. To quote the paper: 

     

    (extracts)
     
    Stores which are vulnerable because the town centre is already in serious decline include Blackpool, Bolton, Boston, Hereford, Mansfield, Stoke and Sunderland.
     
    M&S has not yet named the stores set for closure, which means thousands of workers are waiting to know if their store will go.
     
    However, experts at the Local Data Company have compiled a list of areas that it thinks are vulnerable.
     
    This list is not from M&S and it does not mean the stores involved form part of the official closure programme.
     
    M&S said: ‘We are very disappointed that anyone would choose to speculate in this way. This list is not based on any M&S data and we have not published any locations. What we have done is outlined plans to improve our store estate over the next five years which include opening 200 new Food stores and selling Clothing and Home from 60 fewer stores.’ 
     

     

    Doesn't give much confidence. I suppose when the Council and Balfour Beatty start digging up High Town in front of the store and close more roads into the city - it will be the final nail in their coffin.


    Our Beautiful Cathedral

    Colin James
    By Colin James,

    Autumn colours at Hereford Cathedral taken early this morning 

     

    Hereford Cathedral.jpg


    Remembrance Day Hereford Sunday 13th of November 2016

    greenknight
    By greenknight,

    Was it me or was there more of us today?

     

    Standing,watching,placing themselves in that position that matches their expectations.

     

    Why are they here?

     

    Memories of someone special,respect perhaps for a past love that drives and eternal flame between then and now.

     

    What of this group reflection?

     

    Well it is a moment,a quiet special moment, but a moment in the company of others and not in isolation.

     

    Will it always be the same?

     

    It will grow, evolve and flourish I'm sure. For as people we look to the future as well as the past.Although it is a secret,private and mindful conversation we think of our children, and we, the worry well, worry for sure.Our public parent face needs to show courage and positivity in front of our children but please be sure to mind your own well-being and share a conversation for this will mean that you are not alone in your own fears and concerns.


    Reports of Body Found on Belmont Road

    Colin James
    By Colin James,

    I received a report that a body of a man had been found near McDonalds on the Belmont Rd early this morning. Ambulance crews were at the scene but no further updates at this time. Police are not treating this incident as suspicious.

     

    BR.jpg

    Photo courtesy of the HT


    Trump the New President of the USA

    greenknight
    By greenknight,

    I would like to write a story about this but I can't.

    Whether you want to preserve our little county to traditions of the past or bring it into the globalisation that has caused so much distress well fear now. If you don't do films or gaming I'm sorry but a synergy with Fight Club or perhaps Call of Duty.

     

    All the key Captains are now in place...if you have a God well you'd better get in touch.

     

    It's been an incredible 18 months in many ways. .....we have a real problem now.


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