Peter Mills

Entrepreneur, director of several companies & passionate about Guernsey. Comments are mine & not associated with anyone else.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@Govgg 17% increase in London passengers (almost 7,000 passengers). Early days, but so far so good.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@YvonneBurford @oldfarmhorace @richarddigard Absolutely not true - finance sector has to comply with substance requirements which necessitates travel.
Many airports across UK have increased passengers, where there is a variety of airlines. Those that relied on Flybe have seen reductions which collapsed just prior to Covid.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @aurigny @Govgg @blueislands And the biggest risk for the island is complacency and do nothing.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @aurigny is not at risk. It’s fully supported by @Govgg to detriment to other airlines (@blueislands included). Last time we had a Heathrow link (2019) overall London passengers increased. We don’t need more consultants reports, just the confidence/appetite to give it a go.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard I support economic growth and strategies to enable that. Improving air links is a critical part of that. Over 200,000 passengers down per annum since 2019 should be reason enough to look at ways to change this.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard This is nothing to do with my holidays being subsidised!
You’re well aware from your marketing and business development days that you never limit your endeavours to one channel. We need to ensure we’re open for business and attract airlines - the impression is we’re not.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@MaryLowe501 @gavinstpier Indeed. It’s frustrating that very little affordable development has been done. The IDP was updated to include concept of local centres, yet no political encouragement to use (indeed some politicians worked against local centres). New draft IDP introduces more affordable sites.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@DavidPiesing63 @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @spice62005527 @Govgg Without private investment into affordable housing on smaller sites 1,500 new houses isn’t possible. Even with private investment likely to take another decade (certainly more than 1 political term) to resolve. This was all predictable but there hasn’t been the will to change.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@DavidPiesing63 @richarddigard @GuyPlummer34449 @spice62005527 @Govgg There’s been a lack of affordable housing development for over a decade. Revised IDP created concept of local centres to encourage further development. It’s failed. GHA doesn’t have the means to develop all affordable housing. New draft IDP is attempt something different 1/2

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@Antonio87653 @mbna @mbna Same problem. Webpage login comes back with Error 102.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

I stoped watching @GMB years ago. Nothing surprises me about their biased reporting.

[Nicholas Lissack @NicholasLissack]

On ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Nels Abbey had the audacity to call Charlie Kirk a “white supremacist” and liken him to David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the KKK.

Utterly sickening. He hasn’t even been dead a day, and this is what they say.

The British media is disgraceful.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@Govgg Looks like the H&SE executive and SOG need to reassess their respective roles in providing appropriate facilities to islanders and in this case need to reassess their decision.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg @JayneOzanne It’s down to the people on the associations. You have to be prepared to stand up, be vocal and sometimes be unpopular.
You also need an audience that is prepared to listen and accept things need doing and changing.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@HeidiSoulsby @oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg The problem rests with the civil servants that advise P&R and ED committees. They are only focused on risk management. This has shifted completely in the last decade and will continue to cause decline unless changed (urgently)

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg Indeed with little commerciality and making even the simple domestic charity regime a nightmare. Again, thank P&R for the over the top regime. I believe would be run better under the GFSC.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@HeidiSoulsby @oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg Agreed. The ODPA is out of control and appears to make up the rules as they go along and has no effective governance on enforcement matters. I’m sure the team work on how many cases they can sanction.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @HeidiSoulsby @richarddigard @Govgg Agreed. We no longer appear to have a growth mindset in the ED or P&R civil servants. We need to remain compliant but don’t need to spent £23m and this doesn’t need to be the entire focus of the civil servants.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg MoneyVal was run by P&R with at least £23m of tax payers money spent. We needed to do well but how much really needs to be spent.

[Peter Mills @peterdmills]

@oldfarmhorace @richarddigard @Govgg Absolutely agree but not going to happen with the current civil servants. I’ve worked closely with number in P&R and ED and now it’s all about risk management and no policy for growth. You only have to look at the amount spent on MoneyVal and the lack of new initiatives from ED