BASIS Exciting Update! = £55 price increase

[An Gof]

BASIS …….. the new Red Tractor

 

[Rnold]

So they've taken on a huge amount of extra work (running nroso) and this efficiency of scale is rewarded with a one third price increase. Basis members may be inclined to think that nroso hasn't been a good business move for the organisation.

Another aspect is that, by making basis classroom free, they've essentially removed a lot of the incentive for people to attend many technical events, if they can get their points up online without cost. So organisations that put on these events are going to lose out.

NROSO charges where increased about 30% by City and Guilds before Basis acquired NROSO. Most likely to make them a more attractive business to acquire. Then after BASIS took control another 10% increase was added.
There are charging plenty for what they provide.

 

[Clive2024]

Your basis membership just got better

Has anyone else had an email saying that the fee is going to go up by £55 per year?

I'm struggling to work out what last year's cost was but I think it was around £150 (basis + facts), does that make it a 30% increase?

They are trying to justify it with access to "£1000 worth" of online classroom courses (never done a single one), and a discount on Farmers Weekly subscription (never had one nor do I want one, nor will it have cost them much if anything to offer).

"I am confident that these changes represent progress not only for BASIS" - yes I can see that, thanks.

Maybe they need to look at why they need 29 staff to look after a membership of about 3000 people.

I got the same invoice and no note explaining why the fee has increased! The only announcement for this was made In a newsletter update. Out of politeness they should have sent out an email to all members explaining why they were proposing such a high 66% increase in fees. This in addition to the £54 stealth TAX for registering for the FACTS refresher course. I am sure that the staff will not be getting 66% more in their salaries. They might be worth the 66% increase if they had a more up-to-date and efficient website. Increasingly I see that BASIS is more concerned with making profits than delivering to the industry. I have been on the BASIS and FACTS registers since the 70s and am considering that enough is enough.

 

[Mounty]

I've just found out I now need to pay to do a refresher course to get some points I'm short of. I resent that a bit plus the annual increase. Paying to get points to keep your paid membership?