Tag Archives: Nathan Elvery

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 →

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Croydon’s Max Headroom leaves council piss-up pot-less

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

It must have been pretty gloomy at the Croydon table at the Grosvenor House Hotel last night. Well, as gloomy as it can ever get when you are a public servant out on the piss at the expense of the … Continue reading →

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Council Tax will let Croydon play at social engineering

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

This is not a problem confined to Croydon by any means, but the council’s budget papers are usually so full of local government jargon and impenetrable Town Hall-speak that it is often difficult for people to fully understand what it … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Budget (Part 1): We’re all in this together

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Croydon Council is about to set its budget for the coming financial year. The proposals go before next Monday’s cabinet meeting, prior to the council meeting on February 27. As work continues to build the vanity project that is to … Continue reading →

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Council scoops yet more prizes from its own suppliers

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Just when Nathan Elvery thought it was safe to put on his black tie and book his cab (on council expenses, natch) for the next back-slapping local authority awards ceremony, so more revelations of close commercial connections between his department … Continue reading →

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