What do Gas Safe do with our money ?

[Kemble]

In these frugal times... just wondering if anyone is happy with paying the fees... seems more like a stealth tax to me... Thoughts chaps ?

 

[Reg Man]

They spend it! LOL. The revenue from fee's, pays to employ the inspectors and admin staff to run the scheme. The organisation is run by CAPITA, who are a PLC stock market business, so anyone who has shares with CAPITA may benefit from the profits they make. So CAPITA are very keen to make a profit for thier shareholders, if they don't, no one will invest. CAPITA are a huge organisation who tend to run in the back ground, of all sorts of services which you may use. TV licensing, debt collection, Insurance services, Payroll services, to name a few. Much of this is public sector business. It could be interpreted by some as a business model run for highly efficient cost cutting and economic business ethics.

 

[Puddle]

Much of this is public sector business. It could be interpreted by some as a business model run for highly efficient cost cutting and economic business ethics.

Suppose it could be described like that by some after a few crates of top quality wine has been delivered to their door,to help wash down all those meals at top restaurants,in between all those delegation brain storming sessions in the Caribbean ,yah suppose they would see it like that ,slipping 'ethics' at the end,maybe pushing it a bit though

imho


ps.... Interesting tv licensing mentioned,just shows how easy it would be for them to link boiler units sold to lawful installation of that unit

But even I, with my limited intellect, realises that it is far more important that the sheeple pay to watch Eastpretenders and slime watch than have a safe gas appliance installed and operating in their home

Just as you are slipping away into unconsciousness ,it must be so reassuring you are all paid up, so can slap out a quick e mail to watch pup and complain about your predicament

Oh!! I do believe a semi rant .....

 

[thompsonbrown]

the whole company is owned by RIT Capital Partners plc, Rothschild Investment Trust. richest family in the world worth over 500 trillion interesting family google them some time.

 

[stevetheplumber]

im actually quite pleased i dont think capita have raised the price for a few years under corgi it seemed to rise every year

 

[Reg Man]

im actually quite pleased i dont think capita have raised the price for a few years under corgi it seemed to rise every year

Idon't think so. In the early days CORGI was supported by half by BG, then, when BG pulled out and the fee doubled, but after that it rose by about £20 over a period of 12 years. So it did'nt really have much of a rise. A requirement of Capita's bid, was to keep the fee down almost capping it, so thankfully this is what they have complied with. So, well done CAPITA, but this is a requirement to carry through what they promised.