Shame on you ...

[Alnwickist]

Not forgetting the que jumping Mammy Belcher , a bungalow that she had no right.

[Inspector Knacker]

For Info:

Why is Thirteen giving out HBC's reasons for their increase?
By the way I notice they've got a Middlesbrough address and all the new vans don't appear to have straplines listing the constituent parts of the company. Is it just one organisation now?

[jawsbbc]

hbc hand in hand with 13

[steveL]

I think there may well be a story behind the story here. Continuous mergers of the various housing associations have led to a reduction in the number of councillor representatives on the Thirteen board from the different towns covered. As a result, SAB was one of those kicked off the board and there's been a 'falling out' between HBC and Thirteen as a result with HBC now slagging off Thirteen at every opportunity. Is this the latest manifestation of this spat?

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/outcry-as-hartlepool-s-elderly-and-vulnerable-told-they-must-pay-for-homecall-community-alarms-1-8729349

[not4me]

funny how we never saw this on the propaganda sheet 

[Inspector Knacker]

According to the report, Thirteen were the only provider receiving the subsidy in the town. So, if that's their reason, why have they been paying it out for so long?

[fred c]

I think there may well be a story behind the story here. Continuous mergers of the various housing associations have led to a reduction in the number of councillor representatives on the Thirteen board from the different towns covered. As a result, SAB was one of those kicked off the board and there's been a 'falling out' between HBC and Thirteen as a result with HBC now slagging off Thirteen at every opportunity. Is this the latest manifestation of this spat?

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/outcry-as-hartlepool-s-elderly-and-vulnerable-told-they-must-pay-for-homecall-community-alarms-1-8729349

Was this falling out after Mammy Belcher got the bungalow ?...... just askin.

[notenoughsaid]

     I hope I am  up to speed with this topic but if there has been a rift between the HBC ,including SAB and the 13 Group I feel the common denominator is Brian Dinsdale, a former CEO of HBC who perhaps foresaw the emergence of the duo under the wing of Mandleson as bad news. He left I believe and went to Teesside  ( perhaps Boro) and later  the  NHS Trust and is now chair at Erimus Group and Thirteen Housing.  Just a thought . Karma  comes around.

     I don't know the man personally however I always thought we lost a good man.

[steveL]

Interesting point.

[Inspector Knacker]

     I hope I am  up to speed with this topic but if there has been a rift between the HBC ,including SAB and the 13 Group I feel the common denominator is Brian Dinsdale, a former CEO of HBC who perhaps foresaw the emergence of the duo under the wing of Mandleson as bad news. He left I believe and went to Teesside  ( perhaps Boro) and later  the  NHS Trust and is now chair at Erimus Group and Thirteen Housing.  Just a thought . Karma  comes around.

     I don't know the man personally however I always thought we lost a good man.

I found him a very good Chief Exec.