Tag Archives: Nicholas Panes

Council failed in legal duty to publish accounts for three years

Posted on January 26, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: While the narrative from the Government-appointed improvement panel, the council and the levelling up department is upbeat about an ‘increased pace’ of change at the bankrupt borough, a more realistic picture, as NICHOLAS PANES points out, is of … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Jane West, Katherine Kerswell, Tony McArdle | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

BxB’s collapse was predictable. Why did no one else notice?

Posted on April 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: It did not take a couple of £800-a-day consultants to spot that Brick by Brick was dragging the council into financial ruin. Reader NICHOLAS PANES’s first piece for this website, the presciently headlined “Building towards the council’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Martyn Evans, Paul Scott, Planning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Why selling the unsaleable is not the answer on Brick by Brick

Posted on November 29, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: It is nearly three years since this website began exposing the financial disaster that Brick by Brick was creating for Croydon Council. NICHOLAS PANES, the construction industry expert who advised on our reports, looks at the options … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Planning, Section 114 notice | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments