11th March 2006, 11:32 AM
A few points:
For a business fuel costs are much smaller than wage costs, and you would want to manage the likely sources of increased costs, to be able to handle unexpected increases.
we need energy, so are trapped by the energy companies, developers pay for archaeology because the are required to. I would expect a lot of complaints would be heard if they were suddenly faced with an unexpected new cost, as well as increased exploitation of available loopholes. We need to continuosly sell our selves and make our case to the people who pick up the tab.
If increases in wage costs are flagged up well in advance then everyone can manage that change.
For a business fuel costs are much smaller than wage costs, and you would want to manage the likely sources of increased costs, to be able to handle unexpected increases.
we need energy, so are trapped by the energy companies, developers pay for archaeology because the are required to. I would expect a lot of complaints would be heard if they were suddenly faced with an unexpected new cost, as well as increased exploitation of available loopholes. We need to continuosly sell our selves and make our case to the people who pick up the tab.
If increases in wage costs are flagged up well in advance then everyone can manage that change.