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Bureaucracy and how to reduce it

Bureaucracy and how to reduce it

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Bureaucracy and how to reduce it

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is bureaucracy. And I must admit, this really is a pet hate of mine. (sighs) So I want to say five things about bureaucracy, actually, and the first one is contracts. Do you have to have a massive, great legal contract? Now, sometimes you do, it depends what it is. But for example, Portsmouth Council send me a 30 page contract In fact, I get two copies of it, so 60 pages. And it arrives in this great, big envelope. And I have to sign one and post it back to them at vast expense. And the ridiculous thing about the contract is, it makes them more liable than me. So it says, if I cancel the course, and I don't turn up, then I have to pay, but if they cancel the course, they have to pay me. Now, what's more likely? 'Cause I'm not going to fail to turn up. I'm always there, but they, every now and then, have had to cancel courses for whatever reason. And then, they've still got to pay me. Whereas, if we didn't have a contract, they would ring up and say, oh, I'm really sorry, Chris, we…

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