To be honest Dave, I'm surprised that you started this thread: The
only people that will influence Dover's direction are the business owners themselves, few of whom frequent this forum. Small town politics are frequented by small time egos, whilst the many volunteer groups are concerned purely with their own small empires.
I reiterate what I said way back in post #27
Paul Isles wrote:I'm going to expand on Andrew's thread a little here by making a statement:
Dover businesses should engage Dover businesses.
The recent case of the decorating of Cambridge Terrace by DHB springs to mind - why did the Dover Harbour Board engage a firm from Folkestone to do the work, when it could have been done by several Dover firms?
As I don't know details, I won't make sweeping statements about DDC, but do they do all they can to engage Dover firms? I certainly know we haven't been approached to quote on much...
In Dover, we need to help ourselves first before we can project outwards...
(And yes, Dover Life is printed in Dover, despite the fact we could get it printed cheaper elsewhere)
To which, unsurprisingly, there seems to be a lack of comment...