Accrington Web - View Single Post - Hyndburn BC to sponsor Accrington Stanley

tango · 26-07-2003, 10:03

[quote author=hanchorman link=board=general;num=1056696816;start=0#24 date=07/26/03 at 09:45:14]why promote hbc are you suddenly going to forget to pay for your local services and nip down to blackburn and start paying blackburn bc instead?[/quote]

Of course there is an element of self publicising for Hyndburn Council. Linking the name of the borough to its most famous asset is designed to improve the Council's profile nationally. That way, when the REAL paper pushers in Whitehall are sitting down deciding where to allocate funds, grants etc, they won't in future say

"Hyndburn? Where on earth is that!"

From now on it will be

"Hyndburn? Oh yes Accrington! Let's spend our money there!"

And bringing the Council closer to the people who live in the borough will hopefully be beneficial to both sides.

I'm not a Councillor, by the way. It's just that I know a lot about local government.

26-07-2003, 10:03	#26
tango Junior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 10 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Hyndburn BC to sponsor Accrington Stanley [quote author=hanchorman link=board=general;num=1056696816;start=0#24 date=07/26/03 at 09:45:14]why promote hbc are you suddenly going to forget to pay for your local services and nip down to blackburn and start paying blackburn bc instead?[/quote] Of course there is an element of self publicising for Hyndburn Council. Linking the name of the borough to its most famous asset is designed to improve the Council's profile nationally. That way, when the REAL paper pushers in Whitehall are sitting down deciding where to allocate funds, grants etc, they won't in future say "Hyndburn? Where on earth is that!" From now on it will be "Hyndburn? Oh yes Accrington! Let's spend our money there!" And bringing the Council closer to the people who live in the borough will hopefully be beneficial to both sides. I'm not a Councillor, by the way. It's just that I know a lot about local government.