July 2019

Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.

July 30, 2019 // 6 Comments

We said way back in May 2018, fraud was happening on the Gas Contract. Now it comes to light P & R have been charging the four owners of EKH fraudently to the sum of [...]

Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.

July 29, 2019 // 11 Comments

Deborah Josephine Upton (pictured) has a long history of contracts going pear-shaped on her watch. This has happened while she worked for Medway Council, Circle Housing and [...]

Grand residents win costs award against their Landlord

July 28, 2019 // 3 Comments

Hallam Estates ‘unreasonable conduct … was of such seriousness and gravity…..” In yet another defeat, Hallam Estates Ltd, the freeholder of the Grand, were ordered by [...]

Deficits, Transformation, Car Parking and a big thank you

July 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

All four East Kent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in East Kent, Ashford Canterbury & Coastal, South Kent Coast (Folkestone & Dover) and Thanet are in special [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council take one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind by declaring Climate & Ecological Emergency

July 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

A climate and ecological emergency has been declared by Folkestone & Hythe District Council. Last night, Wednesday 24th July at full Council a motion tabled by Cllr [...]

UK Room received over £200,000 from Folkestone & Hythe District Council for nightly lets and B & B

July 23, 2019 // 2 Comments

On the 26th July 2010 the company UK Room (London) Ltd came into being. The two directors of the company were Elliot Louis Benezra and Adam Marc Harris. On the 15/03/19 [...]

Falling housing completions lead to the use of companies like Paramount Independent Property Services LLP

July 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

For the financial year 2018/19, (1st April 2018 – 31st March 2019), according to the payment for suppliers for all Councils in Kent, including Medway & Kent County [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council grant Planning Permission for Princes Parade

July 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

Yesterday evening we received the follow news from the Treasurer and Membership Secretary of the Save Princes Parade Group. “Regrettably I have to inform you that today [...]

Is Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?

July 18, 2019 // 2 Comments

According to the vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk Folkestone & Hythe District Council Cllr David Wimble, Cabinet Member for the District Economy (pictured) who represents [...]

Serious disrepair and safety issues in Folkestone & Hythe District Council housing stock

July 17, 2019 // 7 Comments

“I feel trapped.” “Nobody is listening to me – that’s what it feels like.” “My mental health is going downhill rapidly due to this,” are just some of [...]

Paramount Independent Property Services mak £5.6 million, in one year, out of ‘by the night’ flats for Kent’s homeless

July 15, 2019 // 2 Comments

Nightly let rates are more lucrative for the supplier since they can earn up to a £1,000 more per month At the end of June we brought you the post ” Firms make [...]

Will Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s auditor – Grant Thornton – find the fraud?

July 13, 2019 // 6 Comments

Each year every local authority is required by law to make up its accounts and get an auditor to sign off on them. Members of the public have certain rights during the [...]

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on Consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park

July 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council have spent £5 million on consultants for Princes Parade & Otterpool Park since March 2016. Both sites which our council wish to [...]

Michael Stainer bailed to appear in Canterbury Crown Court

July 10, 2019 // 6 Comments

Michael Stainer has been sent for trial to Canterbury Crown Court on a charge of a breach of the Malicious Communications Act 1988, following an email he is alleged to have [...]

F&HDC know the price of everything and the value of nothing

July 10, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s absolutely phenomenal. The value of Princes Parade, Hythe has risen dramatically. In March 2018, the land was worth a maximum of £80,000. After Princes Parade [...]

Local Tories Meet Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP at Rocksalt

July 8, 2019 // 3 Comments

This morning the Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP (pictured) and Former Brexit Secretary came to Folkestone. He had been invited by the local Conservative Party as part of the Back [...]

The Long Read: Vigilantes or Crime Stoppers? The Two Faces of FAPAC. (Part 1 & 2)

July 6, 2019 // 7 Comments

Fair Play and FAPAC: Crime Prevention or Vigilantism? Lucky Dover residents now enjoy the protection of one of the first Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRP) in the [...]

Time to go follow the money

July 5, 2019 // 2 Comments

While the Councils of East Kent publish reports on how rubbish East Kent Housing were at administering the P & R Installation Company Ltd contract, let’s not lose [...]

The Long Read: Criminal Bloggers

July 3, 2019 // 6 Comments

Equiniti has a small office on a run down industrial estate in Lancing, West Sussex (pictured). Equiniti is where the shareholders register for some two thirds of the FTSE [...]

Further issues of possible non-compliance by East Kent Housing emerge

July 3, 2019 // 2 Comments

An East Kent Internal Audit makes clear there are justifiable concerns over the gas safety certificates fiasco. The preliminary findings of the audit into East Kent Housing, [...]

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