Jersey.com
Dear Blog readers,I’m on holiday at the moment, and so am a bit late to put the boot in about the demise of Jersey.com. Besides, nothing I write could come near to Robert Mackenzie’s Tourism carol.Instead, I’d like to look back to the ministerial decision made nearly a year ago by Philip Ozouf: ”The Minister agreed to grant £250,000 from the Tourism Development Fund to Jersey Tourism for the development of the www.jersey.com site …Reason(s) for decision:Following a thorough and rigorous process of evaluation the recommendation to the Minister is that Communique 360 should be appointed to the task of rebuilding the tourism sections of jersey.com website at the quoted cost of £250,000.Funding for this has been agreed by the Tourism Development Fund Panel whose members have evaluated the proposals from short listed companies and are unanimous in their support for this decision. The funding will be provided to a maximum of £250,000 by the Tourism Development Fund. ” (full text at www.gov.je).Signature:Senator Philip OzoufMinister for Economic DevelopmentSo, the questions I’d like answering are:1. If the process was so thorough and rigorous, why was a company chosen that has singularly failed to deliver?2. Exactly how much has been spent on the website so far?3. How much is being spent fixing it?4. How much has been paid in compensation for reputational damage, loss of potential revenue, and failure to deliver?5. Has £250,000 been exceeded, and if so, who authorised it?6. Who will take responsibility for this debacle? (The signature at the bottom of the above decision is just a suggestion).
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