Blog Posts

  • 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

  • Full Council

    Full Council promised to be a quiet affair. The agenda did not seem as packed as usual. However, with five motions listed anything could happen. In fact, a huge amount of time was spent debating the motions. Some great pre-council collaboration work with Labour resulted in agreement on a motion on drought being passed. This… Read more

  • Cambridge Evening News business awards

    A great evening last night at Kings College. I was a guest of Real VNC at the CEN business awards. Some super companies were up for awards. A real pleasure to be there to offer support. Read more

  • Better bus boost is just the ticket for transport improvements

    Bus services in and around Cambridge have been given a massive £5 million boost after a successful bid for Government funding which will see hundreds of thousands more bus trips. Cambridgeshire County Council has been told today by Government that a bid £1.7 million bid for the Better Bus Area Fund led by the authority… Read more