November 2015

So the Folkestone Herald informs us the average house price is £286’000 in Shepway. Kent Online informs us the average salary in Shepway is £25’251 SDC inform us that the median salary at SDC is £24,780. The Chief Exec earns five times as much. So both the average salary and the [Click to Read More]

SDC promised that the new Economic Development Website would be up an running by the beginning of Novemeber 15. Almost one month later, the site appears not to be “live”. Red Bullet won the contract back in Aug 15 see here. In a conversation overheard by a member of our team – [Click to Read More]

Between Jan 15 – Oct 15 Shepway District Council have spent the sum of £456’648.93    + or – 1% on Bed and Breakfast Accommodation across Shepway. SDC have not built a single council house in the last 20 years. It was only this year that new tenants moved into new housing built [Click to Read More]

Cllr David Drury Monk is the Leader of Shepway District Council This is he He has in a previous life been a “Businessman”/” Entrepreneur” . He has been involved with the following companies TopicPark Ltd otherwise known as Sabre Conservatories, Windows & Doors He was a [Click to Read More]

This is James Alistair Stewart CEO of Shepway District Council, who earned £130,000 according to the accounts in 2014/15. James, as we shall call him, also earned another salary that being for his job as Returning Officer for Shepway. So James earned more that £130,000 in 14/15. As Returning [Click to Read More]

It has been brought to our attention that the Folkestone Town Sprucer is getting the put down by a senior local politician. A member of the public has sent us the following: “A senior local politician is putting it round that Sprucer Pete Phillips and his team are dashing round ahead of [Click to Read More]

Cllr Peter Simmons will have to return the monies for the anomalies discovered in his expenses claims. On Monday 16 Nov 2015 an extraordinary meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee confirmed this much from behind closed doors. A Report AuS/15/17 apprising Members of the outcome of an Internal [Click to Read More]

Last week 9 – 14th Nov 2015, Alistair Stewart, Peter Wignall and Joanna Miller senior management of SDC called together the 40 staff who work in the Contact Centre at SDC, to inform them of future job losses. This meeting was held to inform them that 25 of the 40 Jobs will go, some through [Click to Read More]

Below are the Salaries for those on above £50,000 per annum at SDC. These do not include pension contributions nor expenses. Job Title and Name                                 13/14           14/15               Increase Alistair Stewart CEO                   [Click to Read More]

It has been brought to our attention by a member of the public who informed us about a little company called Creative Places & Spaces. It is a Community Interest Company [Cic] see its website here → Creative Places. The Company came into being in Oct 13. The Cic has two directors [Click to Read More]