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[The Guardian says...] Part of the problem is that government — and the Treasury — is blinded by its internal commercial targets, and unable to see the damage its policies do. Thus within government, OS is widely seen as an example of a venerable public body transforming itself into a dynamic commercial enterprise. Last year it had a surplus of 9.2m, though only part was returned to the Treasury. But the bulk of its revenues come from the public sector, partly through a payment called the National Interest Mapping Services (Nims), worth 13m a year, and partly from deals with government bodies. The latest of the deals is under negotiation.
There is separate, transparent accounting for the National Interest Mapping Services Agreement (NIMSA) put in place at the start of the Trading Fund. This is not trading revenue but a government contract to help fund some of the costs of specific activities that are vital to the national interest but which cannot be justified on purely commercial grounds.
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