USA

New Beach Holiday Village: Jersey Ownership and US Governance Questions Behind Dymchurch Plan

March 15, 2026 // 0 Comments

Folkestone & Hythe District Council has approved planning application 25/2297/FH for New Beach Holiday Village in Dymchurch as a greener, smarter revamp. But behind the [...]

Brexit Freedom? UK Travellers Meet EU Fingerprint Checks & Facial Scans

October 23, 2025 // 1 Comment

We took a blowtorch to the UK’s ID card database in 2011, congratulated ourselves on liberty, and then—fast-forward—built weekend plans around pressing our fingers on [...]

Encore via two offshore locations take over chasing debtors for Affinity Water

November 5, 2020 // 0 Comments

They are the UK’s biggest debt collector, Cabot Credit Management. Cabot buys debts and loans in arrears from banks, utilities, telecom companies and local authorities, and [...]

Why are Cllr Lesley Whybrow & FHDC failing to release air quality data which is relevant to the current pandemic?

April 26, 2020 // 2 Comments

High levels of air pollution NO² (Nitrogen Dioxide) is “one of the most important contributors” to deaths from Covid-19, according to research in Europe and the USA. The [...]

When one leaves, another arrives

December 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

On April 23rd 2018 a company was registered on the Luxembourg equivalent of Companies House. The name of this company was F55 Sterling Folkestone S. à r. l., Luxembourg an [...]

Roman Assets: Pensand House & Marlborough Court, Hythe and 3 & 4 Dalby Square Margate

September 25, 2018 // 3 Comments

EXCLUSIVE Updated 21st Sept 2020 During the Yeltsin Presidency (1991 – 1999) of the Russian Federation, privatization of the state led to a lot of people become very [...]

The Long Read: Ownership of Pensand House & Marlborough Court Hythe, a little clearer.

September 7, 2018 // 3 Comments

It’s complicated, but then it always is when you are looking at opaque offshore structures. The tenants in Pensand House (pictured below after revamp) & Marlborough [...]

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