Heard this on the radio coming home. And although it has been law allowing councils to do this for a couple of years (thanks Labour), nobody had applied it until now.
Nottingham City Council applying it from 2012. Authorities including Leeds, Bristol, York, Devon, Hampshire, Bournemouth, South Somerset and Wiltshire are also considering introducing levies in an effort to raise funds and cut congestion.
Now this tit from Notts council was on the radio defending it and saying they have already deferred it because of the recession and 2012 is fair.
The charge? £250 per annum for every (I repeat, EVERY) car parking space your employer has. So £5 per week. Some councils are saying the charge will be levied directly on the employee.
He also claimed when challenged about hurting businesses that they had done studies and for 95% of companies the annual cost is less than 1% of their annual turnover. I mean, WHAT? Is he mad? £Do they not understand basic accountancy. 1% of annual turnover is actaully a percentage point of that companies profit if they don't pass the charge onto the employee eg a company making 5% net profit will only make 4% and hence this charge on their profit is really a 20% tax.
Just what this country needs to help get out of the recession. It;s not like some of us have a choice. If I tried to go via public transport, I would need to do 3 seperate bus journies totalling one and half hours for a 34 mile journey and I would be 15 minutes late for work every day. At the other end of the day I would need to leave 15 minutes early and if I missed that first bus, I would be unable to get home.
Give us a decent bloody public transport system in rural areas and i will gladly give up driving to work.
Another stupid stealth tax. I know for a fact my boss would pass the cost onto employees as he would say why should he pay £10,000 a year extra?
And this really helps Employers recruiting staff. Some places which I know with 100+ parking spaces would be paying £25,000 per annum which could have employed another member of staff.
Rant over, I;m fuming.
Nottingham City Council applying it from 2012. Authorities including Leeds, Bristol, York, Devon, Hampshire, Bournemouth, South Somerset and Wiltshire are also considering introducing levies in an effort to raise funds and cut congestion.
Now this tit from Notts council was on the radio defending it and saying they have already deferred it because of the recession and 2012 is fair.
The charge? £250 per annum for every (I repeat, EVERY) car parking space your employer has. So £5 per week. Some councils are saying the charge will be levied directly on the employee.
He also claimed when challenged about hurting businesses that they had done studies and for 95% of companies the annual cost is less than 1% of their annual turnover. I mean, WHAT? Is he mad? £Do they not understand basic accountancy. 1% of annual turnover is actaully a percentage point of that companies profit if they don't pass the charge onto the employee eg a company making 5% net profit will only make 4% and hence this charge on their profit is really a 20% tax.
Just what this country needs to help get out of the recession. It;s not like some of us have a choice. If I tried to go via public transport, I would need to do 3 seperate bus journies totalling one and half hours for a 34 mile journey and I would be 15 minutes late for work every day. At the other end of the day I would need to leave 15 minutes early and if I missed that first bus, I would be unable to get home.
Give us a decent bloody public transport system in rural areas and i will gladly give up driving to work.
Another stupid stealth tax. I know for a fact my boss would pass the cost onto employees as he would say why should he pay £10,000 a year extra?
And this really helps Employers recruiting staff. Some places which I know with 100+ parking spaces would be paying £25,000 per annum which could have employed another member of staff.
Rant over, I;m fuming.
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