0bserver Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 The latest report into the 'Meat Plant' doesn't make for positive reading. Yet another Government quango being poorly run with no accountability. https://www.gov.im/news/2022/nov/09/changes-at-the-top-for-meat-pant-after-audit-findings/#.Y2vv9GglCpA.twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, 0bserver said: The latest report into the 'Meat Plant' doesn't make for positive reading. Yet another Government quango being poorly run with no accountability. https://www.gov.im/news/2022/nov/09/changes-at-the-top-for-meat-pant-after-audit-findings/#.Y2vv9GglCpA.twitter I’d love to know who the 4 new NEDs are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, 0bserver said: The latest report into the 'Meat Plant' doesn't make for positive reading. Yet another Government quango being poorly run with no accountability. https://www.gov.im/news/2022/nov/09/changes-at-the-top-for-meat-pant-after-audit-findings/#.Y2vv9GglCpA.twitter Another of Tim Bakers success stories!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 There must have been a new thread on the Meat Plant every year for at least the last 10 years. Discussing the same annual losses. Discussing the same annual promises of change of management that are going to turn the whole clusterfuck around. At least ten years of failed policies and promises. But somebody somewhere still trousers a lot of taxpayer's wonga. One might wonder who they are and what influence they have on keeping things just hunky-dory? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 https://www.gov.im/media/1378260/isle-of-man-meats-final-report-birnie-consultancy-published.pdf This is a very good report and well worth reading to see the full extent of the failures at the Meat Plant. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Interesting piece from Gef written in July 2021 gives quite a lot of background. It's based on report that Barber produced when she was Chair of the Environment Policy Review Committee: https://www.tynwald.org.im/business/pp/Reports/2021-PP-0150.pdf and in the debate Chris Robertshaw said it was the most damning report he had ever seen. When it went to Tynwald it was only opposed by CoMin and their two trusties, Perkins and Callister. One of the things the Committee wanted was to get the Auditor General to look at the Plant as soon as appointed, but 16 months later we're still waiting. So Barber, now poacher turned gamekeeper, must have forced through the appointment of a full audit of all aspects of the plant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said: Interesting piece from Gef written in July 2021 gives quite a lot of background. It's based on report that Barber produced when she was Chair of the Environment Policy Review Committee: https://www.tynwald.org.im/business/pp/Reports/2021-PP-0150.pdf and in the debate Chris Robertshaw said it was the most damning report he had ever seen. When it went to Tynwald it was only opposed by CoMin and their two trusties, Perkins and Callister. One of the things the Committee wanted was to get the Auditor General to look at the Plant as soon as appointed, but 16 months later we're still waiting. So Barber, now poacher turned gamekeeper, must have forced through the appointment of a full audit of all aspects of the plant. They also said Members of Tynwald should not be on the board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Moghrey Mie said: They also said Members of Tynwald should not be on the board. They shouldn’t be on any government owned companies & then they would be run as businesses instead of political punch balls!! MUA, Post Office, Meat plant etc should all be corporations 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoremanxman Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: One might wonder who they are and what influence they have on keeping things just hunky-dory? And the operations manager ‘resigned’ nobody ever cops it in government do they! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Something concerns me, is that Minister Barber was in charge for over a year, and the report was compiled in September and October of this year. Why hasn’t she done anything with the meat plant, and it’s management failings. I really can’t understand what making Minister Barber it’s Chairperson is going to achieve? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Just now, 2112 said: Something concerns me, is that Minister Barber was in charge for over a year, and the report was compiled in September and October of this year. Why hasn’t she done anything with the meat plant, and it’s management failings. I really can’t understand what making Minister Barber it’s Chairperson is going to achieve? If you read the full report there is a long list of recommendations. Presumably she will set these in motion. But as a Member of Tynwald she should not be chair. DEFA is the regulatory body. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nellie Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Pretty damning report. Here are a few quick take aways:- Poor Leadership. Poor MI and financial data No KPI's No idea how to market the product Poor relationships with suppliers and customers Escalating subvention Grossly inefficient Poor staff morale No training and development Over-staffed by around 40% Staff attendance running at around 75% Managers getting their bonuses anyway Could probably be a proxy for any other IOMG Quango, or semi-commercial operation. Edited November 9, 2022 by Nellie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Nellie said: Pretty damning report. Here are a few quick take aways:- Poor Leadership. Poor MI and financial data No KPI's No idea how to market the product Poor relationships with suppliers and customers Escalating subvention Grossly inefficient Poor staff morale No training and development Over-staffed by around 40% Staff attendance running at around 75% Managers getting their bonuses anyway Could probably be a proxy for any other IOMG Quango, or semi-commercial operation. Horrendous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Nellie said: Over-staffed by around 40% Staff attendance running at around 75% That's true of most parts of Government/CS (except healthcare) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAsHell Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Who knew a massively subsidised business would be so inefficient? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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