Derek Flint Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 And they are spaffing half a million quid on it? Half a million quid of public money? Has anyone pointed out that it looks like a gift card for a well known purveyor of bedroom activity accessories? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 If they wanted to help hospitality in quieter periods they could have done something like the UK eat out for £10 and just subsidized that or better still don’t get involved in these stupid commercial initiatives 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 49 minutes ago, Banker said: If they wanted to help hospitality in quieter periods they could have done something like the UK eat out for £10 and just subsidized that or better still don’t get involved in these stupid commercial initiatives Govt is Gef obsessed though innit? the KBH agency is the controlling entity of Gef. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 One was designed by cocks the other designed for cocks 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 171,000 paid to gef for the love IOM cards. Another massive waste of money by government. Did someone on here mention that the CEO of the department worked with the gef founder? I recall one of the founders used to work in the department behind the scheme. Good to have friends it seems. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Just now, cissolt said: 171,000 paid to gef for the love IOM cards. Another massive waste of money by government. Did someone on here mention that the CEO of the department worked with the gef founder? I recall one of the founders used to work in the department behind the scheme. Good to have friends it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, cissolt said: I wonder if Sam Turton will be making enquiries into this. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 Another ill thought out and overly rushed scheme that may have possibly at some point have had some potential but like EVERYTHING ELSE they do turns out to be a hugely expensive pile of shit. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Another ill thought out and overly rushed scheme that may have possibly at some point have had some potential but like EVERYTHING ELSE they do turns out to be a hugely expensive pile of shit. I am gobsmacked at these costs. Seems it wasn’t thought out at all never mind ill thought out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, cissolt said: 171,000 paid to gef for the love IOM cards. Another massive waste of money by government. Did someone on here mention that the CEO of the department worked with the gef founder? I recall one of the founders used to work in the department behind the scheme. Good to have friends it seems. Who is the Gef founder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Twitch said: I am gobsmacked at these costs. Seems it wasn’t thought out at all never mind ill thought out. I think they resolved it by sending money to Liverpool 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 You could have entered the Guild with that…..🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 58 minutes ago, Manx17 said: Haha. I could just visualise someone sat at their desk at the sea terminal dreamily looking at a cruise ship sailing in and ding let’s spend lots of money on making the love card. I bet Daffy was a supporter of this , has her fingerprints all over it ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Omobono said: I bet Daffy was a supporter of this , has her fingerprints all over it ! Heavens, you're obsessed with the woman. I'll have you know that our fine civil servants and their CoC chums can come up with money-wasting schemes without any help from politicians, thank you. There's actually another topic on this subject with more information in it, but I don't know if anyone expected the whole thing to be quite this unsuccessful. They've actually spent £192,953.69 so as to have only £66,782 spent in the economy. Not even the finest Skellynomics can make that look good. The only good thing is that they haven't spent the whole £500,000 that was originally proposed. Though I'm sure Allinson will have plenty assuring him that the only thing to do is throw good money after bad. Edited to add: By "£66,782 spent in the economy", I mean spent by the public not including the bonus added on by the DfE. Though even here the word 'public' is stretching it as many of the cards seem to have been bought by companies as part of their Christmas bonuses for employees and so it is money that would have been spent anyway - just with a government top-up. As usual the DfE's idea of stimulating the economy doesn't seem to go beyond "giving money to your mates". Edited April 28, 2022 by Roger Mexico 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Roger Mexico said: Heavens, you're obsessed with the woman. I'll have you know that our fine civil servants and their CoC chums can come up with money-wasting schemes without any help from politicians, thank you. There's actually another topic on this subject with more information in it, but I don't know if anyone expected the whole thing to be quite this unsuccessful. They've actually spent £192,953.69 so as to have only £66,782 spent in the economy. Not even the finest Skellynomics can make that look good. The only good thing is that they haven't spent the whole £500,000 that was originally proposed. Though I'm sure Allinson will have plenty assuring him that the only thing to do is throw good money after bad. Can anyone name a DfE funded scheme that was a) successful and b) spent the whole budget allocated to it? Serious question, because I can't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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