Category Archives: Jon Rouse

It’s official: Croydon appoints shrink to be council spindoctor

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

Our loyal reader may remember that back in December, we published a report stating that Jon Rouse, Croydon’s £248,000 per year chief executive, was about to appoint a trained psychologist with no media experience to head up the council’s communications. … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Hayley Lewis, Jon Rouse | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dear Mr Edwards. If there’s anything you want to know, just ask

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

Inside Croydon thoroughly approves of and admires the online Freedom of Information tool, WhatDoTheyKnow.com, and we would encourage anyone to make use of it if they have a serious question about some aspect of a public body that, for some … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Danny Brierley, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Local media, Sara Bashford | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ignore Croydon Council: the election really is on Thu May 3

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Those masters of misinformation at Taberner House have surpassed themselves on this occasion, as ANDREW RENDLE reports Perhaps the Conservatives who control Croydon Council are scared of tomorrow’s Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections, but there has been a serious … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Danny Brierley, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Trinity School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Jon Rouse, Croydon riots, and the crucial missing hours

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Jon Rouse, Croydon Council’s £248,000 per year chief executive, was out of his office for a crucial four hours in the late afternoon and early evening of Monday, August 8 last year, just at the time that parts of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Danny Brierley, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Policing, Riots Review Panel, West Croydon | Leave a comment

Retired judge handed £35,000 for chairing riots panel

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

It seems that at least one of the mates of Croydon Council’s leadership has benefited financially as a consequence of last August’s riots. Official invoices just published show that our council paid a staggering £35,000 to William Barnett for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jan Buttinger, Jon Rouse, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mike Fisher, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pumped and primed ready for opening day

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Tomorrow marks the grand opening of Matthews Yard, the café and co-working space just off Surrey Street. Founder SAIF BONAR has been working round-the-clock to get the venue finished, but has taken some time out to offer this progress report … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Restaurants | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

More on procurement: Croydon’s “urgent” £500,000 contract

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Let’s hope that Bernard Weatherill House, the monument to delusion at Croydon Council, at the centre of their £450 million urban regeneration scheme, will have revolving doors. Because no sooner does Chief Exec Jon Rouse and his lacky, Nathan Elvery, … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

“Procurement” or how Croydon recruits while axing staff

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

There’s a recession on, isn’t there, with jobs and council services being cut across the board? Not in Conservative-controlled Croydon, where a dedicated website is being used to recruit 10 staff in management roles for one department, most of the … Continue reading →

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Latest Cannes trip gets Rouse his moment in The Sun

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Maybe openness, transparency and accountability to public scrutiny does work. Since Inside Croydon was launched nearly two years ago, we have often returned to the council’s spending on its annual jolly to the South of France for £248,000 per year … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Local media, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon considers handing over children’s homes

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Croydon’s latest exercise to “identify” publicly owned properties that can be handed over to John Laing as make-weights towards the £450 million urban regeneration project, which is delivering the splendidly palatial new council HQ offices, could see two children’s homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Care Homes, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, New Addington, Property, South Norwood, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment