Tag Archives: Jon Rouse

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

Posted on February 14, 2012 by insidecroydon

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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Ruskin Square build unlikely to start before 2013

Posted on February 8, 2012 by insidecroydon

The grandiose multi-million plan to redevelop Croydon’s “Gateway” looks to be stalled, with sources close to the Ruskin Square site suggesting that no substantive building work will begin there before 2013. Since getting revised planning permission for the mixed use … Continue reading →

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Pollution levels on the rise under noses of Croydon council

Posted on November 16, 2011 by insidecroydon

Less than 48 hours after the momentous incinerator decision was taken behind closed doors at the Town Hall, and there is already worrying signs of pollution seeping out in central Croydon. Even with the Beddington Lane incinerator unlikely to be … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Step Change director makes step change of own

Posted on November 7, 2011 by insidecroydon

Another high-level departure from Croydon Council announced at lunchtime today, with Damian Roberts, who for the past year has run the council’s Step Change programme – its scheme for cutting staff numbers by one-third. In a statement issued by Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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That £10m grant: an open letter to Croydon CEO Jon Rouse

Posted on October 27, 2011 by insidecroydon

Inside Croydon has this morning sent the following letter to the chief executive of Croydon Council (where, we are told, “efficiency is in our DNA”), Jon Rouse:

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The £248,000 CEO speaks: Time for another survey

Posted on October 4, 2011 by insidecroydon

Jon Rouse, the £248,000 per year CEO of Croydon Council, an organisation that “has efficiency in our DNA”, and a £450 million building site on its doorstep, has been busy again, preparing another morale-boosting message on the council’s intranet for … Continue reading →

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