YOU’VE HEARD US SAY IT BEFORE: HURRY UP AND WAIT...
Well now, there’s a fine how-d’you-do. First stuff isn’t happening, as on Page One; and then it is, as in Opin- ion. Either way, there have been that many rumours going around the trade of late, that’s why we’ve said what we’ve said. And in case you thought we were making owt up, the Department for Transport has seen our front page before it went to press, and even said it “seems sensible”. So there. Knew we talked sense occasionally... Stop press: For those of you who commented on the Red Tape Chal- lenge blogsite about the lack of enforce- ment, go back to the site and you will now be able to comment on that regulation itself – or lack of it.
And do have a look at Opinion, to see if it
stirs up anything to your benefit. And if so, you know where to get in touch. Don’t forget the new NPHA website as well! We’re nearly all there with the vari- ous departments and documents for your delectation, and then stand back and mar- vel. But of course you have to join the Asso- ciation to access all the really juicy bits...c’mon, that’s only fair. Where else can you get so much for so little? Anyway, back to this issue... our Company Profile features ABWZ Carz Express in Grays in Essex, with a straightforward formu- la for success if ever there was one. Our var- ious departments have been so explosively full that we’ve had to come up with some new ones this time - for instance Smart Moves,
featuring eco-friendly vehicles being licensed as PHVs, mainly the Smart car. And also there is Tick- eting Travesties, with a collection of so many victims of Jobsworths having penalised our licence holders for doing their job proper- ly. Oh dear, how tiresome...
News from Chief Anorak and the League Tables: the national two-mile aver- age fare on Tariff One has now gone to £5.24. Is your fare any- where near that? If not, why not??! You know where to get in touch, for a bit of formula working-out and if nec- essary, table-thumping rationales for your council so you can gain a well-earned fare increase.
As per usual, we end this column with a smile (hopefully) – this
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time courtesy of the fire brigade, who has been praised and derided in equal meas- ure (depending upon which side of a coun- cil’s Treasury Depart- ment desk one sits) for their animal rescue efforts. A Freedom of Information request sent to 56 fire and res- cue services showed that they have rescued some 17,000 animals in the past three years, at a cost of £3.5 mil- lion.
This included more
than 2,400 cats, 2,180 dogs, 1,700 horses, 2,090 birds (including 1,244 seagulls, 159 pigeons, 57 swans and 12 parrots), 26 foxes, 19 squirrels, seven fer- rets, seven badgers, ten hamsters, 15 snakes, 11 fish and seven dolphins. Fire crews were also need- ed to save five seals, three bats, three chin- chillas, two iguanas, one raccoon and one chameleon.
Their rationale is quite simple: if the fire
brigade didn’t rescue all these animals, then there would be plenty of folk who would sus- tain major injuries from trying to do the self- same. Still, it raises a question of sanity when, recently in Aberystwyth, the fire service was called out by an elderly lady to remove a snail from eight feet up her living room wall. Hmmm... On that note, we wish you a peaceful and lucrative summer sea- son, and a good read.
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