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Croydon landmark has listed status rejected for a second time
The 20th Century Society, the organisation that seeks to protect and promote the best architecture built between 1901 and 2000, has described as “disappointing” the decision that its application for a listing for No1 Croydon has been rejected. Again. It … Continue reading
Mayor Perry and Negrini together again at Growth Plan launch
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on another missed opportunity for the benighted borough A strange thing happened on Thursday morning in a lecture theatre at Imperial College in central London. There, in the audience for the launch of London Mayor Sir … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Holland, Jo Negrini, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Arup, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Growth Plan, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Negrini doctored specialist reports and withheld finance details
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Investigators from Kroll never had investigatory powers to check people’s bank accounts in the search for possible fraud over the £73m refurbishment of the Fairfield Halls. But there was evidence in the public domain of ‘direct personal … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Crime, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Mott MacDonald, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Arup, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Grant Thornton, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Kroll, Kroll Report, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mott MacDonald, Penn Report, Project Dillon, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, RIPI2, The Kroll Report, The Penn Report, Tory, Vinci, Vinci Construction UK Ltd
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C20 Society is trying again for listed status for No1 Croydon
The 20th Century Society has submitted an application for the architectural symbol of Croydon, No1 Croydon, to be protected by listed status. It’s the second time that the 20th Century Society has sought protection for the widely recognised, if not … Continue reading
Cost of failure: report says Negrini’s lined up new pay-off
Might Jo Negrini – “Negreedy” as she was less-than-fondly known by colleagues when she was chief executive at Croydon Council – be heading for a second overly generous pay-off in just three years? Next month will see the anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Arup, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Private Eye, Tony Newman
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Perry to hand key Regina Road contract to Negrini’s employers
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Having said he would begin legal proceedings to recover some of the former CEO’s £437,000 ‘Golden Handshake’, the Tory Mayor is now hiring the company that has appointed the self-acclaimed regeneration expert as a director. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Regina Road redevelopment, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Arup, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road, Regina Road redevelopment, Tory
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Negrini strikes out with her post-council business venture
Times are tough for start-up businesses in the construction sector. Especially those with little to offer but their own hubris. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jo “Negreedy” Negrini has applied to strike-off the consultancy business that she set-up in the weeks … Continue reading
Negrini lands cushty consultancy with ex-council supplier
EXCLUSIVE (and available in all good, and some not-so-good, newsagents): The exec who walked away with a £440,000 pay-out from the borough she helped to bankrupt has re-emerged with a juicy ‘consultancy’ from one of the firms she used to … Continue reading
Chinese government has role in £500m Crystal Palace scheme
The major financial backer behind the ZhongRohn Group, which wants to build a £500million replica of the Victorian Crystal Palace as a hotel and entertainment complex on public open space at the top of Sydenham Hill, is the Chinese government. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Mayor of London, Property, Riesco Collection
Tagged Arup, Bromley, China, Croydon, Crystal Palace, London, London Crystal Palace, Metropolitan Open Land
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