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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
Another thought; As the government is very keen on encouraging the increased use of Public Transport as a way of reducing the country's carbon footprint. Why does this council not provide an example to us all by removing the allowances it pays for its employees to travel by car and insist instead that it will only reimburse public transport costs?
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I think you are detached from the real world. Unfortunately public transport is not good enough around here. I can't even get to and from work on public transport. Don't forget the cost of paying employees to stand at bus/train stops and walk to the bus stop etc. A simple meeting in Manchester would take all day instead of just a few hours.
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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
I note that recently the council spent many thousands of our pounds to provide gym facilities for its employees in the old manchester bank building on Canon Street. Surely it would be far cheaper and much more environmentally friendly to encourage it's employees to walk wherever they are going.
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Many businesses provide gym facilities for employees, we have a very nice gym at my work. If you want to encourage the best people to work for you you need to provide more that just wages.