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Tag Archives: JC Decaux
Slow-go Mayor Perry has yet to start tenders for bus shelters
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Three years since the borough’s bus shelters were unceremoniously uprooted after council staff signed the borough up to a dodgy get-rich-quick scheme, and the tendering process to replace the 185 shelters has not yet begun. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Digital Croydon, JC Decaux, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Buses, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Valo Smart City, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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Perry in another U-turn over borough’s vanishing bus shelters
CROYDON IN CRISIS: It’s taken him 18 months to realise it, but the borough’s slow-on-the-uptake Mayor has finally realised that Valo Smart City was never going to deliver on any of its ambitious promises. By STEVEN DOWNES Having told dozens … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Opama Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Isaac Sutton, JC Decaux, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Opama Khan, Tory, Valo Smart City, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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Perry drops action against bus shelter firm and loses £500,000
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Valo Smart City has racked up £1m debts, attracted at least four County Court Judgements and is now cancelling contracts with its suppliers. But after waiting nearly three years for the company to deliver their ‘smart’ bus … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Opama Khan, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, TfL, Transport
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Isaac Sutton, JC Decaux, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Opama Khan, Tory, Valo Smart City, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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Mayor Perry threatens legal action over missing bus shelters
Jason Perry, the part-time Mayor of Croydon, has promised to take “legal recourse” over the lingering scandal of Croydon’s shelter-less bus stops. The only problem with the dim Mayor’s vacuous undertaking is that there is very probably no one to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Transport
Tagged bus shelters, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, JC Decaux, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, Phil Woolas, Tory, UK Partnerships Ltd, Valo Smart City, Valo Smart City UK Ltd
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Council boss ignores questions over failing bus shelter firm
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The start-up firm that promised to pay Croydon £6.8m in a 10-year deal for supplying all-singing, all-dancing ‘smart’ bus shelters has been warned it could be struck off the Companies House register from tomorrow. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading
Council’s digital bus shelters partner is late to file accounts
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Long-promised ‘smart’ bus shelters have been delayed because of supply issues caused by the war in Ukraine, according to the latest excuse offered by Town Hall officials. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Long-suffering bus passengers travelling around Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Neil Williams, Opama Khan, Planning, Transport
Tagged bus shelters, JC Decaux, Neil Williams, Opama Khan, Valo Smart City
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‘Challenging’ deal caused bus shelter delay, councillor says
Street-side advertising specialist JCDecaux refused to accept payments to keep its bus shelters in place in Croydon until replacements could be ready, according to a senior member of the council. Muhammad Ali is the council cabinet member for “sustainable” Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Muhammad Ali, Neil Williams, Opama Khan
Tagged bus shelters, JC Decaux, Muhammad Ali, Valo Smart City
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Bus passengers face a wet winter of discontent with no shelters
Six months since Inside Croydon first revealed the secret removal of the borough’s bus shelters, and a dodgy-looking £6.8million deal with a small company that had only been established a few months earlier, the council has admitted that not a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Opama Khan, Planning, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, JC Decaux, Valo Smart City
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Council’s £6.8m bus shelter deal with 9-month-old tech firm
There’s good news for any Croydon bus passengers who during this week’s stormy weather have been battered and rained on while waiting for their transport at bus stops without their usual shelters. Inevitably, though, this being Croydon, there’s some bad … Continue reading
