Blog Posts

  • College of West Anglia – Sod cutting video

    It is alsways my pleasure to be part of something new that helps the people of Cambridgeshire. This short video was taken at the College of West Anglia in Wisbech at the sod cutting ceremony. Read more

  • Wisbech Cabinet – introduction speech on youtube

    Holding Cabinet in Wisbech was ground breaking and allowed me an opportunity to  speak out on behalf of Wisbech. http://youtu.be/Z7s_l631Q9c Read more

  • Double act on youtube – no actors were harmed during the making of this film !!!

    Earlier this week Mark LLoyd and I stood in front of a camera and answers a few questions posed by Louise Driffill about our Integrated Plan for 2012/13. The Plan sets out our long-term vision, strategic priorities and planned activity across the organisation for the next five years. The video message introduces the Plan and Read more

  • Terry Parr – Trade Union Official – retires

    On Friday it was time to say goodbye to Terry who retires after 25 years at the council many of which as a UNISON official. He has certainly contributed a huge amount. I have been very pleasantly surprised, since becoming Leader, at how good our relations with staff are. This is in no small part Read more

  • College of West Anglia – engineering block sod cutting

    College of West Anglia – engineering block sod cutting

    This busy Friday finished with a trip to Wisbech to take part in the sod cutting ceremony for the new engineering block at COWA. The County has invested £5m along side the £1.5m from FDC. This is an essential training facility that will benefit large numbers of young people and provide the skills required by Read more

  • Budget – Briefing staff

    Twice last week it was my pleasure to brief our Heads of Service (HoS) on the budget that was recently passed at Council. Budgets are fine but unless the organisation understands the context and motivation behind them they can remain thick documents that have little impact. Key to delivery, within the County Council, are the Read more