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Agricultural grants waste public money
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From Louisa Humphrey
IN response to the article regarding agricultural grants (JEP, 15 September), I am once again appalled at the waste of public money.
In these times of cutbacks, I am irritated to read of the money being dished out to individuals for their own benefit.
Looking down the list of handouts, I see no worthy contenders, and very few who benefit islanders more than themselves.
Pure Adventure, £50,000… I fail to see how this is an agricultural matter.
I am all for supporting local farmers, and am a big fan of ‘Think twice, buy local’, but I shall not be supporting Woodside Farm any more, now that I know they have taken almost £200,000 of public money to further their business.
My partner and I run a business together. We have six members of staff and have built our business from scratch in five years.
We work long hours, we have saved our own money and have cut ourselves short for years in order to buy new machinery for the workshop. We need computer software for design work, but will have to wait until next year and do our drawings by hand.
We have had no financial help from anyone, and we don’t expect it. When we need a new van, we arrange a loan and pay it back and we are proud of that fact.
Where is the help for growing businesses like ours?
I am all in favour of new business start ups, and if the States are to have grant handouts, then this is where it should lie. Any money borrowed should be paid back, interest free over a specified period.
I’d like to see these shameless businesses paying back the money and getting in the real world.
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