Tuesday, 26 July 2016

A desperate throw of the dice

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by DOUG COLLIE Details of a desperate ploy by contractors commissioned to build a £21 million waste management centre for Scottish Bor...
Sunday, 24 July 2016

Councillors failed to spot £159 million debt

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EXCLUSIVE by EWAN LAMB The members of a 16-strong delegation from Scottish Borders Council who took part in a 'valuable and illumin...
Tuesday, 19 July 2016

Council should have axed Borders waste contract 15 months sooner

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUGLAS SHEPHERD Members of Scottish Borders Council should be made to explain in full why they granted a cash-strapped fi...
Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Council contractors wanted independent regulator pressurised

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUG COLLIE A firm of waste treatment contractors working for Scottish Borders Council wanted Government agencies in Scotl...
Monday, 11 July 2016

When a HOUSE cost less than a pint of beer!

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EWAN LAMB on the 25th anniversary of the Borders 'sale of the century' A quarter of a century ago this month the finishing touches...
Sunday, 10 July 2016

Disastrous waste treatment contract: details made public

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUG COLLIE A file containing over 190 documents, which has been released under Freedom of Information, reveals how the co...
Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Infrastructure fund was 'bound to fail' before SBC signed up

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EXCLUSIVE by DOUGLAS SHEPHERD A financial planning expert on the other side of the world concluded in 2011 that the offshore fund chose...