We BID You ‘Bravo!’ an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, providing a further update on the ‘stealth tax’ known as the Yorkshire Coast BID. ~~~~~ On Wednesday 26th February 2020, I was able to attend East Riding Magistrates’ [...]
Is YCBID in ‘Power Dive’ Mode? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers and local businesses on the present prospects of the campaign in opposition to the Yorkshire Coast BID. ~~~~~ East Riding of Yorkshire Council (ERYC) [...]
MP GOODWILL Steps Up – Again! Further to our report earlier in the week (in which Scarborough & Whitby MP Robert GOODWILL’s letter to Sec. of State Robert JENRICK was reproduced in full), it now transpires that Mr GOODWILL has [...]
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, [...]
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: 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? [...]
