The curious case of the flat that never was
Prepare for some nasty surprises over the coming months as the Insolvency Service take control of the assets of the bankrupt Michael and Doris Stainer. One of these is the [...]
There ain’t half been some clever b*st*rds
In the last five financial years Folkestone & Hythe District Council have only made two surpluses from their on street car parking. These were 2016/17 and 2017/18 where [...]
KCC Pension Fund slowly but surely divesting from assets which kill humans and destroy the planet
For its 135,000 investors it is good news, so is it for the rest of us. Kent County Council’s Pension Fund is slowly but surely divesting pension assets from [...]
P & R closes down, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.
After 15 months of continuous investigation by the Shepwayvox Team into P & R Installation Company Ltd, who won a £27 million pound contract with East Kent Housing; [...]
Part 2: Hythe Against Crime
Hythe has recently suffered a spate of break-ins to its shops and robberies from its cafes. On May 1st 2016 we first wrote about a company known as Hythe Against Crime. At [...]
Part 2: East Kent Councils overcharged £1.5 million by Gas Contractor P & R.
£1,479,000 worth of overcharging by P & R, the contractor who was responsible for the Gas Servicing & Maintenance contract for all four East Kent Council, managed by [...]
Part 1: Is the Chief Executive of East Kent Housing, Deborah Upton, fit for purpose? You decide.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]
Cllr David Wimble committing fraud?
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
“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 making millions out of ‘by the night’ flats for Kent’s homeless
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?
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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, [...]