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215 BHA Staff Receive 2% Pay Rise
Ferdy Murphy described the pay rise as a "joke" and said "With the way prize money has gone down, the BHA should be reducing the number of staff.
The biggest problem we have with the costs of the BHA is the fact that it is based in London where, with the cost of living, salaries are higher than the rest of Britain".Paul Dixon of the Horsemans Group said they did not back the pay increase and added that the state racing is in, and owners being asked to run for 60% less prize money despite putting more and more money into the sport it was just not acceptable.
It’s hard to disagree with Murphy and Dixon.
Staff received no pay rise last year at all, and have received a below inflationary pay rise this year. the rise doesn’t apply to Directors or Board members.
Moreover, the increase has been funded partly by the launch of our Smart Pensions/Salary Sacrifice scheme for tax efficient pension contributions.
Staff numbers are down, staff costs are down. Our total staff costs are down 10% since 2004 (factoring in inflation) despite a 10% increase in the fixture list. Head office costs are down in real terms as well as factoring in inflation.
As for Ferdy’s point about the offices being in London, in the long term moving out would probably save money, but on the basis that probably around 75% of our staff our not based at HQ, and then factoring in redundancy payments, relocation payments and the costs of recruting, the savings would take a long time to come through and be minimal, and that’s before you look at the logistics of moving to somewhere like Newmarket or Wellingborough.
If Ferdy Murphy suggests something is a joke, I’m always inclined to automatically think it probably makes a lot of sense…
Lucky bastards – a pay rise!
Try a pay freeze for 2 years with all other bills and costs going up, fancy a swap?
I would hardly call getting 0% in year one and 2% in year two "lucky" (unless you have a six-figure salary as your starting point, of course)
Moreover, the increase has been funded partly by the launch of our Smart Pensions/Salary Sacrifice scheme for tax efficient pension contributions.
How does that work? Do you give your pension contributions to this failed-bank alumnus to ‘invest’?
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Hey presto, no tax to pay as there’s soon no pension pot left.
Another success for the BHA race planners today by allowing the 4.00 at Fakenham to be run at exactly the same time as the 4.10 at Plumpton.
Well done lads, that should help the levy.Another success for the BHA race planners today by allowing the 4.00 at Fakenham to be run at exactly the same time as the 4.10 at Plumpton.
Well done lads, that should help the levy.Hell i aint complaining. Never won £20 all at once in two separate races!
Hell i aint complaining. Never won £20 all at once in two separate races!
You’ve got to look at the long term good of the sport peter, not just short term financial gain for yourself
Eddie,
Spot on – much more sensible to delay the Plumpton race and run it in the dark.
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apracing,
No need to delay the Plumpton race at all, just delay the Fakenham race by a further 5 or 6 mins and the same at Wolves, not rocket science.
In any event the same thing would have happened if it had been the 2.00 & 2.10 based on past events.
Obviously avoiding races clashing is far too complex for your brain as well as the BHA’s.eddie
Sunset in Sussex was around 1625 today and in Norfolk – being further east and north – around 1615 so any further delay to the Fakenham race would in all likelihood have been impossible; it must have been pretty dark at 1610, and I doubt Plumpton would have been too chuffed at being asked to delay their race and run it in the ever-advancing dusk. Woover have floodlights of course
Generally agree with your regular reports of race clashes Mr Case, but in this instance feel the racecourses had no alternative but to run the races at the times they did
I believe there’s a rule governing how many minutes before sunset the last race can be carded. Given the official off-times were 1600 and 1610 I’d surmise it’s 15 minutes
How come it’s the BHA’s fault for races not going off on time & not the courses?
Maybe it’s time they started having ‘stewards enquiries’ for poor course management.
I believe there’s a rule governing how many minutes before sunset the last race can be carded. Given the official off-times were 1600 and 1610 I’d surmise it’s 15 minutes
The last race at Chepstow on Friday is scheduled for 4.25 and Wincanton on Saturday at 4.30.
The BHA advertised the post of raceday race co-ordinator to avoid race clashes towards the end of 2009 so presumably thought it needed some attention then but little has happened since to alleviate the problem, so it is likely the post wasn’t filled and remembering the job description I’m hardly surprised.
They’re skint now anyway, can’t even afford to have earplugs declared.The days are beginning to lengthen rapidly. At present sunset in the mid-west country is approaching 1640 and by the weekend will be past 1645
Thanks to the invention of the railway timetables in the mid 19th century which required clocks to be calibrated to a ‘nationwide noon’ based on GMT rather than the practice hitherto of setting them to a ‘local noon’ sunset gets later the further west from Greenwich you are and earlier the further east you are.
Hence sunset in Exeter, for example, is around 20 minutes later than that in London (Greenwich). Which is why during the shortest days in December the former can have their last race carded around 1550 and the eastern courses around 1530
350 lingfield v 350 Maydan? Pathetic
What an effing joke! Forget the fact that it’s only the 2000gns trial!
I’m getting sick of the ineptness. Sick, sick, sick.Three races between 18:00 and 19:00.
No clash there then
Backing two runners is the relentless pursuit of value. Backing each way is a shortcut to the poor house. Only 7% make a long term profit.
350 lingfield v 350 Maydan? Pathetic
What an effing joke! Forget the fact that it’s only the 2000gns trial!
I’m getting sick of the ineptness. Sick, sick, sick.Oh, so the BHA are supposed to delay races for Dubai now are they?
Never mind that that would have left a possible clash with the 3.40 at Ludlow (had it not been called off) or the 4.00 at Taunton.Perhaps it’s the BHA’s fault that Meydan are hosting a 2000 Guineas Trial with four year olds in it too. One of which won it.
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