Memorandum submitted by Smith Brothers
(Leicester) Ltd
I would like the following comments to be brought
to the attention of the EFRA select committee:
1. We are a commercial organisation that
worked with British Waterways to try to achieve the aims of the
Cotswold Canal Partnership.
2. We put a lot of time and effort into
this project on the published understanding that BW were fully
committed.
3. The fact that BW have suddenly decided
to withdraw has cost both the taxpayer/lottery funding and ourselves
a lot of money and has certainly ruined BW's credibility in our
eyes.
4. In our opinion BW should not be allowed
to get involved in projects of this kind again purely on commercial
grounds as they should not be allowed to waste their funding and
other peoples by committing to projects and then withdrawing after
utilising a lot of third party resources.
Thank you for your assistance.
Jim Wilkinson
Director
Smith Brothers (Leicester) Ltd
February 2008
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