Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
Keith Sansum1 wrote:Strange that it's coming out now that only 10% of levelling up funding has Been spent
It appears it costs councils £30.009 to apply
Levelling Up Fund round 1/2 announced Oct 21/Nov 23.
The £30,009 (!) is average council cost in paying their useless staff, probably working from home, to fill in the application.
Money will be spent on projects necessarily over quite a long period of time - look at haw long it took between original 'go ahead' and first bit of Market Square to be dug into for example.
Just because you have found a magic money tree does not mean you have also found a magic wand to fulfill projects immediately.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
They're not happy in 'the best place to live in the South East'!
"Others writing on social media expressed concerns that the new public square would resemble Pencester Gardens in Dover."
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/our-town-centre-is-dying-but-council-wants-to-build-antis-303835/Button likes this
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,049
The £30.009 fee is obviously a canny government plan to force councils to submit 10 applications simultaneously in order to achieve a transactable unit of currency.
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'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,909
Obviously times are changing and town centres are not as they used to be .
Time to look and think outside the box
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
From 2012:-
Ashford is to receive a share of £1.5million to give its high street a much-needed boost.
It was announced as one of 15 successful towns to be chosen in the second round of Portas Pilot bids this morning.
As well as up to £100,000 in funding, the town will receive invaluable support and advice from retail guru Mary Portas.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/200-homes-earmarked-for-failing-shopping-centre-extension-303896/
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/new-operator-confirmed-as-council-takes-over-town-centre-cin-303954/"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Weird Granny Slater- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,049
How very dare you even hint that public accountability be attached to such visible failure.
The state simply couldn't function if its elite cadres faced shame and not reward for the negative consequences of their actions.
Tattoo 'I must stop noticing' on your knuckles, and take up the origami of forgetting.
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
'Suitably chastened'.
(Especially for the liquor joke. Not funny and not grow up according to my carer.)
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,909
Dover needs something for town centre
Much more than Ashford
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Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,047
Nat West has just written to say their Market Square branch closed on 16 July next.
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Button- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,047
Button wrote:Nat West has just written to say their Market Square branch closed on 16 July next.
Oops - should read 'is to close'!
(Not my real name.)
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,860
So yet another of our banks bites the dust.
Thank goodness I have a daughter who fully understands her way through internet banking when I have a serious problem.
BTW banking scam calls are doing the rounds again, that lovely foreign voice called Anne or whatever.
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Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,807
I,ve managed to get the hang of online banking but never have any luck scanning cheques.I actually went into the Dover branch yesterday with a cheque,i couldnt scan it and their machine wasnt working.The cashier said there was no plans that she knew of to shut the bank when i said i was glad they was still open and today i get the same letter.At least we will still be able to use the post office to deposit n make withdrawals.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,909
I actually managed to scan a cheque recently
But I had to scan the blank back of the cheque otherwise it wouldn't accept it!
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,035
Since my stroke(s) last year I have been unable to write my signature - but I haven't written a cheque for years anyway.
I have also had to apply for a dispensation so my postal vote is unsigned! (I just hope I put the X in the correct box)
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Martyn Webster- Registered: 18 Nov 2017
- Posts: 56
Dover,with its busy port and focal geographical strategic position,will have no banks left as we know them.Nat West customers have been informed by letter that Folkestone branch is their nearest.It's either there or Canterbury - but when will their time come too?
Andy B- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,807
I feel sorry for those who cannot or are unable to do online banking. I would much rather things as they were but i,m glad i,ve been able to adapt.Online banking is quite handy and not to difficult to use once you,ve tried it a few times.Its either that or get left behind as i expect other branches will shut down.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,909
It's rather sad for the many unable to do online banking
Just forgotten people
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Arthur- Registered: 18 Nov 2020
- Posts: 438
I have to admit I resisted online banking for a long time, but I’ve found it surprisingly easy and I feel like I have a lot of control. Haven’t yet tried scanning in cheques but I’m sure I will . I like being able to see payments without waiting for a statement to arrive. I do ensure I have a robust security system on my phone.
Dover Pilot- Registered: 28 Jul 2018
- Posts: 346
I have been using online banking for a while but they are now trying to degrade the service like they did to physical banks and get everyone using the mobile app.