More financial irregularities?
Recently we asked the question about the contract issued to Jenner (Contractors) Ltd by Folkestone & Hythe District Council, regarding Ross House. Ross House: Is this [...]
Purchase Orders
Part 42: More financial and contract irregularities
It looks like a harmless contract at first sight. Awarded on the 14/12/2020, it began on the 04/01/2021, and was due to end on the 07/05/2021. There were no extensions to the [...]
More financial and contract irregularities at Folkestone & Hythe District Council
No matter how many times we write about financial and contract irregularities, Folkestone & Hythe District Council never seem to learn. As you may or many not know, the [...]
Councillors must prioritise finance if they are to survive the next four years.
Once again, Folkestone & Hythe District Council shot themselves in the foot with regards to their mandatory obligations under the Transparency Code 2015 They have failed [...]
KCC Commercial Services company start £2.2 billion of contracts before they were awarded
Kent County Council Commercial Services Group is a company you’ve probably never heard of. It is one of the largest, local authority owned, trading organisations of its [...]
In last 3 years Council spends £24.6m than it received in income
Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s accounts show they paid out £24,6m than they received in income over the last three years. Given what we know about missing [...]
Solutions to protect your public pound.
£71,422 does not appear on either of Folkestone & Hythe District Council’s published purchase order data, or its payment to supplier data, for just one contractor. [...]
Incompetence: Power without accountablity
Purchase Orders (POs) are either the prevention of all evil, or the creation of all evil in local government, and elsewhere. At Folkestone & Hythe District Council, they [...]
Another hat trick of incompetence by Folkestone & Hythe DC.
No matter what one does, the same basic mistakes are being made time and again at Folkestone & Hythe District Council. And the Council have scored another hat trick of of [...]
Folkestone & Hythe District Council Overpayments 17/18
We want to tell you, we really do, but we can’t. It isn’t because we cannot tell you because of some legal reasons, it’s because Folkestone & Hythe [...]
Something is rotten in the district of Shepway – Part 3
Updated: 18 Feb 2018 – see end of post for update Cllr Peter Gane (pictured) spoke against it, local resident Mr Gordon Banks spoke against it and Shepway District [...]
The Long Read: Could Computer Algorithms & Robots Run SDC More Effectively & Efficiently?
At the start of April 2016 Shepway District Council (SDC) employed 385 people; by March 2017 this had slightly reduced to 374. SDC will soon be in a position where it will [...]