11th April 2011, 02:07 AM
P Prentice Wrote:so no advantage then
Sorry, I was trying to keep it general. In short, some local authority units do have an advantage as a result of this and they do use it. Others don't or have less of an advantage depending on their circumstances, as far as I'm aware.......
But any form of subsidy will make a council think twice and if they remove that, the unit becomes less effective at winning work and making a profit. Thus its a logical conclusion that a council will want to consider selling off or dissolving it now to prevent a situation where it has to go through that process and potentially lose money in the future.