Spotlight
UNANIMOUS: YCBID UNTENABLE – an “In My View Article” by NIGEL WARD, offering a seasoned interpretation of events at Scarborough Town Hall on the occasion of the Motion calling for a Vote of No Confidence in Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd. [...]
Another very timely Letter to the Editor from HERO SUMNER, Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers’ Association (YCLPA) and Whitby Town Councillor (WTC), who writes to clarify a small oversight of an instance of second sight on the part [...]
BID Protests at Fever Pitch – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reproducing, in the public interest, a welter of appeals by business proprietors – including former YCBID Directors – urging Councillors to support the Vote of No [...]
YCBID: Coup de Grâce – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, pointing the way to the long-awaited termination of YCBID Ltd. ~~~~~ A Report to SBC’s Audit Committee meeting scheduled for 21st July 2022, signed off by Legal [...]
A Letter to the Editor from TONY KELLY, a Skegness publican, who is confronting very similar shenanigans with East Lindsay District Council and Lincolnshire Coast Business Improvements District Ltd – LCBID – another manifestation of the same leaches-on-leaches syndrome well-known [...]
Stormin’ Norman’s BID Summary Guest Author and regular NYE contributor Alderman NORMAN MURPHY sets forth his views on recent developments in the on-going saga of Yorkshire Coast BID Ltd and its “death by a thousand cuts”. ~~~~~ Although not a BID Levy-payer [...]
SBC: GREENE Quits as CEO – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, announcing a far from unexpected turn of events. ~~~~~ In the wake of a number of calamitous outcomes (e.g. the failure of SBC’s attempts to divide [...]
BID Refuseniks: Result! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reacting to the outcome of the hearings at Magistrates’ Courts in York and Beverley. ~~~~~ A number of business proprietors who attended preliminary hearings in York and Beverley [...]
Protests Galore! Puffins hijacked! A Letter to the Editor from a Bridlington business proprietor who kindly send the following report on a civilised act of protest conducted on the evening of Wednesday 6th July – i.e. on the eve of [...]
Who’s Telling the Truth? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, providing Councillors with an informed opinion on which key questions to ask about the Yorkshire Coast BID . . . ~~~~~ Once again, I have been perusing [...]
