19th April 2010, 03:34 PM
Hi
Approved Contractors Lists are common fact of life for Tree Surgeons and can be found on many district council wbsites. As for the IFA deciding lists, isn't it better that an officer acting on behalf of elected officials (elected by local pople) produces a list rather than an unaccounatble organisation? After all if somebody had a problem with a local list they can write to the elected member to comlain, but if they were not a member of the IFA they would have no recourse.
Local planning authorities are indepandant governing bodies, ran by elected memebrs on behalf of local people, so in terms of accountability, local knowledge and understanding of local economics I would argue that LPAs have a legitimate right to produce a list if they believe it to be in the best interest of local people (and by extension local people's archaeological heritage).
Far from being a bar to self-employment, local lists could be the way smaller films are offered smaller projects within their local area. If you think about it leaving it up to the yellow pages route means whoever has the largest advertising budget gets the most jobs!
Approved Contractors Lists are common fact of life for Tree Surgeons and can be found on many district council wbsites. As for the IFA deciding lists, isn't it better that an officer acting on behalf of elected officials (elected by local pople) produces a list rather than an unaccounatble organisation? After all if somebody had a problem with a local list they can write to the elected member to comlain, but if they were not a member of the IFA they would have no recourse.
Local planning authorities are indepandant governing bodies, ran by elected memebrs on behalf of local people, so in terms of accountability, local knowledge and understanding of local economics I would argue that LPAs have a legitimate right to produce a list if they believe it to be in the best interest of local people (and by extension local people's archaeological heritage).
Far from being a bar to self-employment, local lists could be the way smaller films are offered smaller projects within their local area. If you think about it leaving it up to the yellow pages route means whoever has the largest advertising budget gets the most jobs!
Steven