NYC Corporate Structure – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, sharing details of the proposed Paid Service Corporate structure of North Yorkshire Council, our new unitary authority (from 1st April 2023). ~~~~~ For reference, readers may wish to [...]
SBC’s Auditors Sanctioned by TIM HICKS and NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) has for many years been audited by MAZARS LLP. So it will come as a surprise to our readers that the accounting regulator, the Financial Reporting [...]
The ‘PRIVATE EYE’ Collection In recent years, the investigative-journalism of the CORRUPTION BUSTERS – supported by a growing number of researchers, analysts and informants – has drawn the attention of the country’s pre-eminent political exposé magazine PRIVATE EYE. In the [...]
April 23, 2020
Private Eye
Tail Bullies Dog an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing further outfall from the failure to encrypt ‘sensitive’ information. ~~~~~ The Enquirer has published a series of article referencing the failure by Scarborough Borough Council adequately to protect [...]
Not a Man of his Word an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, expressing disappointment in the new Leader’s evasion of a reasonable and courteous request on behalf of victims of sexual abuse – and other disgusting disappointments. ~~~~~ [...]
MARRIOTT: That MAZARS Review an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reaching the parts other investigations have not exposed. ~~~~~ The long-anticipated 31st May 2017 MAZARS Review (NOT Investigation) of Scarborough Borough Council’s own internal investigation of whistleblowing allegations [...]
SBC: The MARRIOTT Gauntlet an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the SBC fraud and corruption scandal. ~~~~~ The “Whitewash” Continues On Tuesday 13th December, I attended the Hull Employment Tribunal to witness the attempt of [...]
SBC: MARRIOTT “Whitewash” Costs Council £¼M Today’s Scarborough News reports the outcome of the final hearing (in Hull – not Bradford, as the SN states) in the Ben MARRIOTT constructive dismissal claim. Mr MARRIOTT is reported as estimating that by [...]
MARRIOTT: SN Names Top Officers For Questioning The front page of today’s Scarborough News revisits the BEN MARRIOTT fraud and corruption allegations at Scarborough Borough Council – naming Chief Executive Jim DILLON, Director of Legal Services Lisa DIXON, Head of [...]
Following extensive coverage by the North Yorks Enquirer, from August 2013 to the present day, Private Eye – the country’s leading exposer of corruption in the public sector – has informed the nation about the fraud and corruption allegations wracking [...]