It is instructive to take a look at the announcements made by government departments on business issues in the last week. In chronological order they are:
- Essential maintenance to online services
- UK Hydrographic Office receives Highly Commended STEM Inspiration Award
- Innovative firms capitalise on emerging technologies
- Five new business councils to advise the Prime Minister on post-Brexit opportunities
- AI company secures £29.5m investment for UK expansion
- New boost to showcase “best of British” creativity abroad
- Creating apps for travellers with disability: apply for contracts
- Financial investor banned for 11 years after abusing clients’ funds
- Artificial intelligence to help save lives at five new technology centres
- Jeremy Wright – Society of Editors speech
How to respond? There is much here to lend credence to the notion that government spins information fed to voters. For example, a response to each item listed above could be:
- Fair enough, we all have IT issues.
- Who received what?
- So, some of us are getting it right.
- Could we sit in on the meetings please?
- Good news.
- Is this elevated car seats for height challenged employees traveling to Europe?
- A worthwhile venture this…
- Disqualified, but no mention that clients are being repaid
- Why are AI workers at risk of losing their lives?
- Please…
Putting aside the acerbic humour, we would like to suggest our top ten suggestions for government announcements next week. They are:
- Essential maintenance to HMRC’s systems
- Award offered to develop software so HMRC automatically allow tax reliefs without being asked to do so.
- Urgent need for bright young things to devise train scheduling that works
- All suggestions placed before government by the Office of Tax Simplification to be adopted
- Members of the UK cabinet agree to sing from the same hymn sheet
- Chancellor discovers missing item from the Autumn Statement
- HMRC backtracks on the use of the word “customer” to describe taxpayers after conflict with Oxford English dictionary is revealed
- Discredited financial investor placed in stocks and clients invited to attend
- Artificial intelligence to save lives (full stop)
- Framed copies of recent budget speech now available
Suggestions?
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