Part 1: Are Kent County Council Finances in Safe Hands?
Zena Cooke (pictured) is probably a woman you have never heard of. There is no need for you to have ever heard of her. She is Kent County Council’s (KCC) Director of [...]
KCC
Record Breakers: Folkestone & Hythe District Council Break Two Records in One Day
It’s getting to be a habit with Folkestone & Hythe District Council breaking records. – 1; – 2; – 3 For the seventeenth (17th) year in a row, [...]
Foreign Criminal Organisation Perpetrate Ransomware attack on £600m Kent County Council owned company
Following on from our first report on the ransomware attack 12 days ago, a Kent County Council (KCC) spokesperson has revealed to the Shepwayvox Team that it was: “A [...]
£600 Million Pound Company Wholly Owned By Kent County Council Suffers Ransomware Attack
Updated -23rd May 14.45 On the 2nd April at 1:30am Kent Commercial Services, wholly owned by Kent County Council suffered a ransomware attack and took down their website. The [...]
Watchdog to examine Kent Councils £373 Million Property Investment Spree
With the world concentrating it’s attention on the Covid-19 pandemic other issues are, understandably, passing unnoticed. One of these issues is the announcement by [...]
Part 2: One A & E for East Kent?
The cost to build a new hospital at Canterbury would be in the region of £120 million. A hospital of this cost would be able to accommodate between 850 -900 beds, [...]
KCC sell Royal Victoria Hospital and F&HDC purchased Highview for £750,000
According to Savills website, the Royal Victoria Hospital, site has been sold. This has happened in the last few days. No details as of yet have been updated on the Land [...]
Manning up and moving on.
We got it wrong. We, and we say we, as we are a team and when one cocks up, we all cock up, we are collectively responsible. So we have to step forward, man up and apologise. [...]
Barclays, Kent County Council and the LOBO Roadshow
(Updated 23/07/18 17.00) In mid 2004, a pair of fresh faced, sharply suited bankers pulled out of the car park at Barclays Global HQ in Canary Wharf and drove south on the [...]
KCC’s Foreign travel: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
On July 14 last year we informed you that officers of KCC had visited the following 13 countries: New Zealand, Iceland, Finland, Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Moldova, [...]
£200 million has gone to 3 Kent County Council PFI contractors
Kent County Council (KCC) have three Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Contractors who between them receive payment for 11 schools all of which were built in the noughties. [...]
Your councillors allowances & expenses Apr 17 – Mar 18
Once again for the third time in four years there are anomalies in our Cllrs allowances & expenses. The people who are responsible for ensuring Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Otterpool Park update.
We’ll start with some good news. The probable Roman villa discovered on the Otterpool Park site will now become part of the development. In a conversation with Cllr [...]
Otterpool Park update: £281 million Housing Infrastructure Bid rejected.
Kent County Council’s £281 million Housing Infrastructure Bid for Folkestone & Hythe District Council (FHDC) has failed. Leader of Kent County Council, Cllr [...]
Otterpool Park update – Oh the irony.
On Thursday September 14th 2017 at 9.30am, 17 people gathered at 2 Marsham St London, the home of the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government. The 17 [...]
Let’s talk about sex.
Let’s talk about sex. Here in Shepway the numbers of teenager pregnancies (15 – 17) has fallen dramatically. Between 2005 and 2010 the numbers were a real [...]
The Long Read: Otterpool Park -update.
So what do you get for £281,230,000 or two hundred and eighty one million two hundred a thirty thousand pounds? Well, according to Kent County Council’s ( KCC) [...]
Cost & Usage of Shepway Libraries April 14 – Mar 17
Over the next couple of months KCC will be looking at ways of reducing their budget by £76.4 million. It is clear that Libraries, like all other areas KCC fund may have to [...]
Property & Land Held in Each Kent District by Overseas Companies.
In conjunction with Ian Driver, a blogger from Thanet, we the Shepwayvox Team, bring you a district by district comparison of how many properties (includes land) are held in [...]
KCC Technically Insolvent and a 25% Increase In Their Pension Deficit.
When a chief executive officer of a private company doesn’t meet the number – make the company grow, they are usually asked to move on, as they have failed to [...]
The Long Read: Lots of Questions About Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited.
Folkestone Town Centre Management Limited (FTCM) has had 24 Directors and two Secretaries. Its current directors are Tom McNiece former Mayor of Folkestone (pictured) [...]
Lies, Damned Lies & Local Authority Accounts.
There are lies, damned lies and there are Local Authority Accounts to add a new twist to an old adage. The data Local Authority Accounts present is not always clear and easy [...]
Exit Packaging From The Twilight Zone With KCC’s Dodgy Accounts.
Kent County Council (KCC) have made cuts of £514 million since 2010. This year 17/18 they will make another round of cuts of £76.7. This trend looks set to continue until [...]
KCC Cllrs 15% Pay Rise Will Raise Their Annual Bill to Over £2 million.
It was announced last week that KCC Councillors had voted to give themselves a 15% pay increase. Much to the annoyance of many in Kent. 48 councillors voted in support of [...]
That Trip To New Zealand.
In a recent post we informed you that KCC had visited New Zealand. On the 23rd Nov 2016 Paul Francis, (pictured) political editor of the Kent Messenger group, reported that [...]