Headline in this week's "Bracknell News"

' Met Office ends forecasting '

Apart from being three weeks late with the news, I don't think this is
the impression intended!
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Martin Rowley
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"martin rowley" wrote in message
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Apart from being three weeks late with the news,

Martin,

I'll think you'll find the same press release was sent out no less than five
times, this one managed to get the front page... bit sad really, are the Met
Office employing spin?. The interesting thing is the reason behind the
move.... I thought it was due to expansion until I was talking to a
journalist at a London radio station today who told me what he said was the
real reason. In short, the rent at Bracknell was too high and they needed to
find somewhere cheaper as the Met Office is now (for the first time) losing
more money than it's making.

A

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 16:20:42 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Bond"
wrote:


"martin rowley" wrote in message
...

Apart from being three weeks late with the news,

snip
In short, the rent at Bracknell was too high and they needed to
find somewhere cheaper as the Met Office is now (for the first time) losing
more money than it's making.

Clearly, they aren't charging enough to commercial organisations and
websites for data collection and supply!

--
Dave

"Andrew Bond" wrote in message
...

I'll think you'll find the same press release was sent out no less than five
times, this one managed to get the front page... bit sad really, are the Met
Office employing spin?. The interesting thing is the reason behind the
move.... I thought it was due to expansion until I was talking to a
journalist at a London radio station today who told me what he said was the
real reason. In short, the rent at Bracknell was too high and they needed to
find somewhere cheaper as the Met Office is now (for the first time) losing
more money than it's making.

Is there any particular reason why the Met Office *should* be making money?

'Public Service' and all that.......

Col
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martin rowley wrote in message ...
Headline in this week's "Bracknell News"

' Met Office ends forecasting '

Apart from being three weeks late with the news, I don't think this is
the impression intended!
--
Martin Rowley
Web: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.weather/

"Andrew Bond" wrote in message
...

snip
are the Met Office employing spin?.
snip

I'm sure there's a modified potential vorticity field joke in there
somewhere..

Jon.

"Andrew Bond" wrote here on
18 Sep 2003:

snip
the Met Office is now (for the first time)
losing more money than it's making.

Of course, were it to be run as a public service, as it should be...

/mad wishful thinking

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