Government funding needs more accountability

Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by Tim Brown

Following on from last week's news where we reported the allocation of £4.69m from the Regional Growth Fund to Bentley Motors, a comment on our site raised some interesting questions on the topic.

Voicing his/her ire at the allocation, the comment from one of our users Hunter S T said the funding recipient choice was poor due to the luxurious nature of the company’s product and the fact that it is owned by VW, one of the worlds most successful car companies. VW’s net profit in 2011 was…

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