In message <[log in to unmask]>, at 21:02:04 on Fri,
4 Nov 2011, Simon Howarth <[log in to unmask]> writes
>As a director of a private company my view is that we should be able to
>charge where there is no statutory duty to provide the information FOC.
>Imagine a small business faced with providing information that may take a
>day to pull together. That's lost time and possibly revenue. Why should they
>have to stand the cost?
>
>Now, I totally agree with making the terms and conditions obvious and
>perhaps there may be wriggle room there, but I wouldn't say invoicing for
>the services provided is cheeky. Merely business.
Some would argue that it's a "cost of doing business", but in practice
the reaction of a company is likely to be coloured by how often this
happens, as much as the effort expended on individual requests.
--
Roland Perry
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