Bolger leaves by the end of the year

Sutton Council issued a statement, following yesterday’s rumour about the future of the Council’s Chief Executive, confirming that Niall Bolger will be leaving before the end of the year, to take up the post of Chief  Executive of Hounslow Council.  However, the statement from the Council has no details on plans for a successor or any interim arrangements.

Cllr Ruth Dombey, Leader of Sutton Council, said she will:

… announce shortly our plans for appointing a successor.

The statement concluded:

Niall will assume his new role once confirmed in the position by a meeting of Hounslow Council on 18 September and notice arrangements have been agreed. Sutton Council will confirm arrangements regarding appointment Niall’s replacement shortly.

 

 

Where’s Bolger?

Rumour has it that Sutton Council’s Chief Executive, Niall Bolger, has another job.   It seems the news has leaked-out before Sutton Council had the chance to make a statement.

Sutton the Inside called Sutton’s Press Office for verification/comment, receiving the following statement:

We will be issuing a statement tomorrow.

Watch this space!

 

How to reduce plastic waste

According to website MoneySavingExpert.com, Morrisons and Ocado will pay customers to take used plastic bags off their hands, when shopping online.

Both pay 5p for each bag handed-in to the driver when the order is delivered.  In the case of Morrisons the total value of the bags is deducted from the cost of  the next order, while Ocado deducts it from the cost of the current order.  And a bonus from Ocado is that the company will accept bags from any supermarket.

Returned bags are then recycled into new ones reducing plastic waste and making a little saving too.

Charles Cryer on Theatres at Risk Register

On the 10th January 2018 the Theatres Trust issued the following statement regarding the future of the Charles Cryer Theatre.

A key issue which emerged when the operator went into administration back in 2016 was that Sutton Council had handed-over the theatre equipment as part of the agreement.  This meant that the equipment was sold-off as part of the closure arrangements.

It is hard to believe that Sutton Council did not think ahead and protect the equipment, but it didn’t and now the borough has no theatre.   According the the Theatres Trust statement, this leaves Sutton as the only London borough with no theatre provision.