An electrician made a total journey of hundreds of miles from Newmarket to Birmingham and back to mend an electrical switch. In another case a repairman drove from London to Cheshire to replace bulbs in an office, a total of 175 miles.
This is all due to the Home Office Property Group to outsource their maintenance and repairs contract.
For more on this story go to the Birmingham Mail website where I found the article.
Great to see that we are all doing our best to keep our carbon footprint down!