Blog Posts

  • LGA – speaking about the Cambridge & Counties bank

    I sit on the LGA Economy and Transport Board. Today I was given the opportunity to present on how we created our bank. I was able to explain the difficulties and more importantly how we overcame them. I was also able to explain the benefits to SMEs and our pensioners. I think ours is the… Read more

  • Wisbech 2020 Vision today

    Today we had the formal launch of the Wisbech 2020 vision document. This process started 10 months ago and has involved local people, businesses, local authorities and Cambridge University. It has created a lot of energy in the town and is helping to build civic pride. There are lots of practical initiatives that we can… Read more

  • Cabinet in Wisbech

    Today I took our Cabinet to Wisbech. It went very well. The big item was our budget. It has taken a lot of hard work to put together a balanced budget against a backdrop of reducing funding and a huge increase in demand. I introduced the paper and then asked each Cabinet member to speak… Read more

  • Fulbourn – foul water flooding

    Yesterday I was alerted to a resident who is suffering from drains backing up and flooding her garden. This is very distressing and she was not getting very far in sorting it out. I contacted my officers to see what could be done. Whilst it is not a County Council issue I have managed to… Read more

  • iPads – make words up

    Between word auto correction and fingers typing too fast it seems some of my blog entries may not be as accurate as they should be. Apologies to those affected. Read more

  • Wisbech – big day tomorrow

    Looking forward to tomorrow in Wisbech. It will be an early start as the Wisbech 20/20 vision event starts at 0830. This is the culmination of a lot of work by the community, councils and business. Contributions from Archant Newspapers. Some good stuff to come out of the day. We will then be holding our… Read more