<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><title></title><meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><style type="text/css">p { margin:0px; padding:0px; }</style></head><body style='background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;background-repeat:repeat;background-position:0% 0%;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:5px;padding-right:5px;'><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2">Tom</font></span></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><br /><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>I've been urging action with COI for some time but we don't appear to have obtained any result. At a time when government cutbacks suggest that COI needs to reduce its spend at commercial stations we should be there - shouting and waving that we have a far greater reach and more impact than the commercial stations - and are so much cheaper.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><br /><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>At the same time the Depart for Business & Innovation are garnering support for a work placement programme that is top-led, results-determined, and is unlikely to encourage people to believe in work. We could provide a national skills training programme that used media as the motivator.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><br /><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>We have a great opportunity with the Big Society as a Statement of Intent.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><br /><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>Don't wait for bureaucrats to find a sloution that suits themselves. We are close to the workface - and we can do it.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><br /><font size="2"><span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>Trevor Lockwood</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>www.felixstoweradio.co.uk</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>www.eastcoastradio.co.uk</span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-family:Verdana;"><font size="2"><span>www.savo.co.uk<br /></span></font></p><p style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" ></p></body></html>