Letters from the (Sea) Front Resistance to Scarborough Borough Council’s fiercely opposed proposal to access £5 million of Town Deal Fund cash and throw a further £6.4 million of Council reserves to ‘regenerate’ the Scarborough West Pier, in disregard of [...]
The Stench from the Pool – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an EXCLUSIVE insight into the deliberations of the ‘Places & Futures’ Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday 31st August 2022 – and, in particular, heated [...]
Levy-Payers’ Chair Lobbies MPs – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reproducing a portentous email (forwarded by original recipients) from Hero SUMNER, Chair of the Yorkshire Coast Levy-Payers’ Association, to three MPs – Sir Robert GOODWILL (Scarborough & [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
YCBID: The VAT-Man Cometh! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a layman’s opinion on the impending catastrophe awaiting the Yorkshire Coast BID – for starters! ~~~~~ Since it first was mooted, the proposal to establish a [...]
New NY Unitary Council – UPDATE Readers may be interested to read the following ‘leaked’ UPDATE from NYCC regarding its progress towards the new Unitary Council which is set to govern North Yorks from next year (2023). Despite (or perhaps [...]
Information! … Information! … Information! … Mr CORRIGAN’s Next Broadside – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on the latest challenge to the mad-cap schemes of the disastrous SIDDONS administration. ~~~~~ On the morning of Tuesday 15th [...]
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 [...]
Another £1M+ “Lost at Sea” Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS examines the Scarborough Coastal Defence Strategy (SCDS) – and wonders where the money has gone . . . ~~~~~ Scarborough Coastal Defence Strategy July 2021 saw the announcement that the Council would [...]
