Category Archives: idVerde

Council dumps disastrous idVerde outsourced parks contract

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

This was not what was meant when ‘taking back control’ was coined as a slogan, but this week in Croydon, our council has moved in to relieve a French firm of its responsibilities in our parks, as KEN LEE reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Carillion, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, idVerde, Kingston, Libraries, Lloyd Park, Merton, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Wandle Park | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

TUC calls for ‘Domesday Book’ to register outsourced deals

Posted on January 22, 2019 by

One year on from the collapse of outsourcing giant Carillion, and the TUC is calling for greater transparency in the way private firms are able to profit from and operate public services. The Carillion collapse had some knock-on effects in … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Carillion, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, GLL - Better, idVerde, Libraries, Refuse collection, Skanska, Veolia, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

Calls for council to halt use of weedkiller linked to cancer

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

Weedkillers including glyphosate, which has been linked to causing cancer in humans, continue to be used by Croydon Council, whose contractors even spray the substance around public parks and children’s playgrounds. Now Friends of the Earth is calling on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Environment, idVerde, Peter Underwood | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

A six-point plan to enhance our precious, under-threat parks

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

Conservationist PETER UNDERWOOD says that we need to support a Parks Charter to help guarantee the future of local open spaces I love spending time in nature, and we are blessed with a large number and variety of parks and … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Environment, idVerde, Peter Underwood, Quadron | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments