Spotlight
MP Supports Anti-BID Campaign an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, briefly updating readers on the seemingly interminable Yorkshire Coast BID fiasco. ~~~~~ The Enquirer has been provided with a copy of a letter from Scarborough & Whitby MP, [...]
Yorkshire Coast BID – The Next Round For its latest action in its continuing ferocious opposition to the Yorkshire Coast Business Improvement District Ltd (YCBID) levy of 1.5% (i.e. the ‘stealth tax’ on the business rates of all ‘tourism related’ [...]
Bonfire of the Vanities an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD up-dating readers on a number of salient developments in the top story. ~~~~~ Following SBC’s decision to commission a fully independent and impartial investigation into its own role [...]
DBID: Pop Goes the Weasel! an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering some insight into where the DBID money goes . . . ~~~~~ In the aftermath of the Scarborough Borough Council resolution carried on Monday 4th November [...]
DBID: YCLPA releases Consultation Results Ahead of the meeting of Scarborough Borough Council on Monday 4th November 2019, Yorkshire Coast Levy Payers Association (YCLPA) has made public the results of the Consultation process undertaken by the organisation, addressing the identical [...]
DBID: A Red Herring in MOTION an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, keeping readers up-to-speed on developments in the Yorkshire Coast DBID saga. ~~~~~ Unsurprisingly, news that Councillors Alf ABBOTT [Con.] and Bill CHATT [CIM] have tabled a [...]
A Letter to the Editor from former Scarborough Borough Councillor NORMAN MURPHY, who is the Secretary of the SBC Independent Group, commenting on the hot issue of the moment – the common thread of poor decision-making, not excluding the furore [...]
DBID: Truth or Dare? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting evidence of interference. ~~~~~ Following my article “FREEZE the BID? Wheels in MOTION” (published on 22nd October 2019), outlining just a few of the many questions surrounding [...]
DBID Crisis – The Way Out an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, pointing up the way out of another disastrous error of judgement. ~~~~~ On Tuesday 22nd October, the North Yorks Enquirer published my article “FREEZE the BID? [...]
FREEZE the BID? Wheels in MOTION an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a significant development in the Yorkshire Coast DBID saga – a Motion to Full Council to set a moratorium on the collection and enforcement [...]
