Regenatec Resurgens
A small company in my constituency, Regenatec, has just won a National Business Award - the Oscars of British business, under the category “Engineering the Future”. They make technology for biofuels, and they beat off multinational to win the award, despite operating out of small offices in Milton Park and only haveinga few employees. Congratulations to Mike LAwton and his team!
They were visited last year by Blair (who didn’t ask me along). Subsequently, I asked Blair a question about it at PMQs - not “why didn’t you ask me along when you came to my constituency, you ill-mannered so-and-so”, but “why don’t you chage the fuel duty on biodiesel to make it more competitive”. The fact is that although there is a differential in fuel duty, boidiesel is more expensive to make than diesel, so they end up costing the same to the consumer. Even more perversely, because bus operators can claim back duty on diesel, it is actually more expensive for buses to use biodiesel. Let’s hope the Government changes this odd situation at some stage.
canvas said on November 14th, 2007 at 10:03 pm:
Re: PMQs
I guess you could still use the phrase “you ill-mannered so-and-so”.
Just change the name to Gordy.
Yes? No?
Tizzy said on November 14th, 2007 at 11:59 pm:
Bad subject matter for a Reject - so greened off. Sorry.
Ed, what’s the problem with saying what you mean? The public value honesty. OK, DC has the taste for sacking those who aren’t on message but haven’t you got a Teflon coating?