Defra spends £180,000 on redesigning its website

Defra has been exposed by the Countryside Alliance for spending £180,000 on redesigning its website. The reason? It was “too brown” and looked “too agricultural”.

Go figure!

This news was first reported in Horse & Hound (29 October, ’09)

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