Shropshire Council’s failed company ip&e is to be liquidated according to local media
andybodders There is an excellent beer festival going on down at Ludlow Brewery right now. A couple of hours ago, I took a moment out from a sampling session to take…
The Barrow Era (6): Investigation into Barrow costs more than £12K and Shropshire Council is to pay
Shropshire Council has revealed some of the costs of investigating whether former council leader Keith Barrow breached the council’s code of conduct. In answer to a question from Lib Dem…
The Barrow Era (3): Auditors of leader’s personal tax return got ip&e contract says standards report
On Tuesday afternoon, without fanfare or a press release, Shropshire Council published the full report into the alleged breach of conduct by Keith Barrow, leader of Shropshire Council. The report…
The Barrow Era (2): Shropshire Council’s company ip&e needs reinventing as an innovation hub
The resignation of Shropshire’s council leader Keith Barrow from the board of ip&e has left the future of the company in limbo. My view is that the council should drop…
The Barrow Era (1): Shropshire leader forced to resign from council company after conflict of interest scandal
It is a press release slipped out with minimum of publicity. Visitors to the Shropshire Council Newsroom website are only greeted with the headline: “Shropshire Council Standards Sub-Committee meeting –…