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A council officer was tasked with making sure public money didn't go a company that went bankrupt over a year ago. Instead they paid them over half a million pounds.
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Cllr George Brown rebuffs question asking if council knew of legal action between contractors on the Cowes project, leading to one of them stopping work on the job. Call for Undercliff-type inquiry followed.
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Cabinet members will be asked to approve a proposal for Hampshire County Council Property Services to take control of the completion of the Cowes Enterprise College project
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The £32,000,000 Cowes Enterprise College needs more cash from the council coffers to complete the project and rectify defects in the new building.
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Rachael Fidler responds to claims she made a “blatant falsehood” at Monday night's public meeting and says she'd happily attend a scrutiny committee meeting or fair public forum to help clear up any misconceptions.
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The council say they're pursuing the £500,000+ that was 'paid in error', but fail to mention that a court ruled in April that at least £152,000 had been swallowed up and would not be recovered. Why?
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The former council officer, Janet Newton, who jointly oversaw the CEC construction project has chosen OnTheWight to deliver her response to recent comments made by David Pugh and Rachael Fidler, as well as lay out key details of her involvement with the construction.
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Yet another delay for pupils and teachers hoping to move into new buildings after half term. No proposed date has been given.
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An independent inspection of Cowes Enterprise College by the Education Funding Agency found the Council underperformed initially, but appears to be getting things sorted now.
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Two years after a payment of over half a million pounds was paid by a council employee to Pihl, a bankrupt company, the court has made their final ruling on what happens to the money.
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The much-troubled school building now has another problem with deal with - finding a company to finish the project.
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Nine months on and the cash-strapped council appears to be no closer to recovering the £500,000+ paid in error to a bankrupt company.
