Heathrow - A new approach or same old, same old ?.
"So the business community is supporting calls for a third runway at Heathrow ? Not from where I’m sitting in the software and ICT industry they aren’t." So says ScotlandIS Executive Director, Polly Purvis. "If one thing is clear, when the economy comes out of this recession it will be a different economy, and if we are really looking to build a sustainable economy for the future we need new ways of doing business..."
"So more of the same is not what we need – a third runway at Heathrow sounds like profligacy in today’s environment, based on more business travel not less, fuelling the chimera of cheap flights."
"Do we really need more business travel ? Possibly, but more than anything we need smart travel – travel when its really needed, and an increasing questioning of travel for travel’s sake. The alternatives are increasingly compelling – conference calling, video conferencing, sharing of documents, presentations and plans via collaborative tools are coming of age and are a serious alternative, and provide a vastly more sustainable model, saving time, costs and the environment."
Read the full article on the ScotlandIS blog