cissolt Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 We paid £1,000,000 to KPMG for this report. Who approved this spend and which department budget did it come from? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 13 hours ago, 2112 said: As well as the economic strategy covering the next 10-15 years, the Climate Change Strategy was presented, needless to say Daffy is preening herself. Cannan presented it He was doing the preening 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyJoe Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 31 minutes ago, cissolt said: We paid £1,000,000 to KPMG for this report. Who approved this spend and which department budget did it come from? You're kidding, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriT Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 35 minutes ago, cissolt said: We paid £1,000,000 to KPMG for this report. Who approved this spend and which department budget did it come from? It was £150K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted July 20, 2022 Author Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, BriT said: It was £150K Yeah for the business lunches. We are never told the true costs or see half of these reports we pay for. Maybe we were not seeing the big picture with the civil service it is so huge because they are following the old adage "Build it and they will come" Problem is they built up the civil service an they fucked off. Long live King Alf savior of the Manx race. Edited July 20, 2022 by Dirty Buggane 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Hoops said: because the government have the people infrastructure in place (Civil service to me and you), they just need the population to catch up I think that is a rather cynical comment. But a 25% increase in population will require a 50% increase in the Civil Service - that isn't a cynical comment, it is IoM reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/island-plan-conference-in-september-555204 first of its kind, assuming you ignore the big debates etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 9 hours ago, HiVibes said: 'Can', but on the whole they are a massive burden, and hold some pretty outdated and vile views that hold society back. Whilst a cull would be off the table, once you retire you should lose the vote, no reason why those with no future should ruin it for others. Do you get up extra early to practice being this much of a prick? 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Do you get up extra early to practice being this much of a prick? Is it easy to turn the pages of the Daily Mail with your webbed feet and 6 fingers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 14 minutes ago, Passing Time said: Do you get up extra early to practice being this much of a prick? You have a massive head start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 CM Cannan has been on the NPM selling his plan to the GMP. ‘The private sector needs to do a lot of the heavy lifting for the government economic strategy to be successful’ according to Alf. Well if the private sector was successful, in which it has been, you can bet your bottom dollar that the Manx State and its politicos will find ways to legislate, legislate and legislate against them. Registers, Beneficial Ownership, new taxes, another register. To give some examples, housing is in short supply and IOMG hammer the landlords. Result - landlords sell up, as they can’t be arsed with the hassle. Brexit and Covid have presented additional hurdles and hoops to jump through. It’s laughable really Alf is almost pleading with the private sector, to rescue the island and his legacy. Perhaps IOMG’s pet contractors and favoured businesses will rise to the challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 6 hours ago, english zloty said: https://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/island-plan-conference-in-september-555204 first of its kind, assuming you ignore the big debates etc... Showboating and Grandstanding of the highest order, and more cost for the taxpayers and GMP. Massaging Alfs ego, and will achieve nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Other questions include, what was KPMG's remit? Was it to justify where we are? What other business's on the island are clients of KPMG? And in a rentier economy, are old ways of defining economic activity relevant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/govt-must-enable-private-sector-to-do-heavy-lifting-on-economic-strategy/ The isle of man where you can, and if you don't it's your fault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavey Davey Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Hoops said: Other questions include, what was KPMG's remit? Was it to justify where we are? What other business's on the island are clients of KPMG? And in a rentier economy, are old ways of defining economic activity relevant? As I understand it KPMG didn’t especially want to do the report. It was good money for sure but IOM Government has a long and well documented history of doing fuck all about strategy reports they pay for and I understand that they were worried that KPMG would get a lot of criticism by default for the report not being acted upon when really if nothing happens it’s mostly down to IOM Government doing nothing despite paying for a report. If you read the report in any detail they (KPMG) have been very careful in laying out a series of things they believe need to happen first before the IOM can capitalize on population growth and new industries. So it’s firmly up to IOM Government to create that environment so that they can grow the population. So the report balances the mix of being an ass covering exercise with a detailed explanation of everything that IOM Government has to do in order to have a chance at succeeding laid out in it with agreed check points and timeframes for doing that stuff. My guess is that KPMG are preparing themselves for the inevitable day where they have to say - we gave you a detailed roadmap to do this, this, and this by a certain date and followed through with a documented checking and validation framework to assess whether you’ve actually done it. But actually you’ve done bugger all and that’s got nothing to do with us or the clear process and framework we laid out for you. Edited July 20, 2022 by Wavey Davey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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