Wednesday 25 March 2009

A totally irresponsible Town Council

On Friday night I lost my cool when being barracked by Cllr Brian Wilkinson as I talked to them about their disgraceful handling of Ulverston's web site.

To see what I mean, put Ulverston and Kendal into Google and compare the top few sites.

Even Ambleside does a much better job than us.

Tourism is a very valuable source of the Town's income. The North East around Newcastle report a big surge of tourists since the £ has been weak. They attribute their success to some hard work at publicity over the last five years.

During that time Ulverston has been going downhill rapidly on the Internet stakes.

The Town Council promised us a new site having heavily criticized (quite rightly) Jayne Kendal's muddled attempts paid for by the SLDC.

After months of waiting when there was nothing to view we get a beautiful site promoting - - the Town Council and all its Councillors. Not a sign of a really good Ulverston Site geared to providing information to the potential tourist.

GoUlverston tries hard but is geared to earning money from providing information to the locals not the tourists.

With all the emphasis on Ulverston being a Festival Town - just try finding out about these wonderful events using the Internet.

Jayne Kendall's (SLDC) site doesn't even mention festivals, nor does the town Council's in detail. GoUlverston presents some information, but in a rather chaotic way.

Please spend a little time on the internet as though you were a tourist from say France, Germany or Japan and see what you can find out about Ulverston.

Have our Councillors ever tried this? Instead they behave in an incredibly smug way, standing by as the town's trade spirals ever downwards.

The only trade that is truly reliable at present is from tried and tested customers who know good service when they see it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you want something to get your teeth into during the summer,why not try and get the canal cleaned up.This canal use to be busy with fishermen from all over but now even the locals can't fish it cause of the weeds.So there you go a nice project for you,approach glaxo and the council to get it sorted

Geoff Dellow said...

People will be disappointed if they think that I'm going to pursue issues for them.

I shall only do this after they've exhausted their own energies.

Have the fishermen suggested that they be allowed to clear the canal themselves?

Or is this a matter that they don't know whom to approach?

This can be quite daunting .

Here I'm ready to get involved after they have approached their local SLDC councillor - Mark Wilson would be the one to start with. He's the new kid on the block and keen!