BID Funding

We have now discovered that in April 2011 the Scottish Government  and North Ayrshire Council gave £20,000 each to Largs BID. We now know how this self appointed Steering Committee were able to pay Sunil Varu`s wages and pay for the Largs Live event.
Mr Varu was employed for a year supposedly to inform Largs business owners of BID. The Chairman of the steering committee said he visited 90 businesses. Why not everyone of the 280 ?
But from our experience, he did indeed visit our shop on two occasions, but spoke only of an informal group called Largs Matters. On the third visit, when we had heard rumours about something called BID, he was evasive and did not give us straight answers to our questions ( October 12th 2012). We were left in the dark and unbeknown to us, without a ballot paper !
Why was taxpayers money used to promote this quango ? Speak to anyone in Largs, and all we want is for the powers that be to provide good parking facilities in Largs. That is the major issue in Largs.
But BID will not address that !
Now it is obvious that, having handed the steering committee £40,000 of taxpayers money, the Council and Government are reluctant to allow us a fair and  free vote as it is likely to reject BID.
Murky Business, methinks !!