Interview with Harry Metcalfe of www.ernestmarples.com This is a service which supplied postcode information that powered a number of free services. Ones helping people find local jobs and hospitals as well as nearby planning applications have been forced to close due to Royal Mail legal action. Jim Killock, head of the Open Rights Group said “It is easy to see that large numbers of small business ideas and not for profit services are being blocked by these licence fees. It is in effect a tax on innovation.” ernestmarples.com Web activists protest as Royal Mail threatens over postcode lookup service www.guardian.co.uk Costing ernestmarples (and free data) vs paid-for www.freeourdata.org.uk Services closed · planningalerts.com www.planningalerts.com · Jobcentre Pro Plus jobcentreproplus.com · The Straight Choice www.thestraightchoice.org How to contact your MP www.theyworkforyou.com @tom_watson ’s Early Day Motion 2000 bit.ly
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