[Neil]

In my experience with HBC, a couple of areas they are quite poor are IT and legal. A friend who used to work for them said to me recently, if I was a good lawyer or IT professional why would I want to work for a local authority for the poor wages they pay when I could be earning a lot more money working for companies in the private sector? He then explained that leaves local authorities with people to chose from who can't get work elsewhere. That is hi explanation as to why local authorities have problems in some departments.