Eastcliff Matters (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Interesting comments about the increasing importance of water. Thanet planners please note. "Thanet Earth is at the opposite extreme from organic farming. Steve McVickers, the managing director, and Rob James, the technical manager, employed by the vegetable-marketing company Fresca, which manages the project, scoff at the idea that an organic tomato, pepper or cucumber could in any way...
Eastcliff Matters (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
I think the article shows just how much planning permission can be worth in some of these venture capital projects. Someting that just doesnt seem to be grasped locally. "THE Christofferson Robb hedge fund is in talks to sell one of Britain’s largest proposed offshore wind farms less than a year after it bought the project. Utilities and financial buyers have bid for the £800m Thanet wind farm,...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
THE Christofferson Robb hedge fund is in talks to sell one of Britain’s largest proposed offshore wind farms less than a year after it bought the project.
BIGNEWS MARGATE (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
I often wonder what local conservative make of us residents, whether they think we're stupid or what. Now most people associate the Tory party, as the party of the business, which it may well be anywhere but here in Thanet, a case in point, recent news that Thanet council paid three million pounds more than was necessary for the old Marks and Spencer building, just goes to prove that...
Eastcliff Matters (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Oh dear, I seem to have upset the Isle of Thanet Gazette this week. Smuger pours ridicule over a three second pause when speaking to items on the Council's Cabinet agenda. As one who struggles to speak up for the area I represent in the current hostile environment at the Council,I take no critism from the smug hacks at the Gazette. If their reporting was a bit more accurate and investigative,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
They were arrested on Thursday and charged on Saturday night, Kent Police said. The pair are due to appear before Thanet magistrates later.
Eastcliff Matters (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Thanet Council has produced a report concerning the state of its budget, its pretty detailed and there's plenty for me as shadow spokesperson to question later, such as the projected loss on green waste collection, and where precisely the £360k for unplanned replacement at the Council offices windows is coming from, and the extra £100k dredging costs. But if I’ve got it right, we started the...
