The fate of controversial Shropshire Council company ip&e was being settled today, with councillors expected to vote for its closure during a confidential session of the council cabinet.
Controversial Shropshire Council company ip&e looks set to face the axe, fewer than four years after it was set up.
Shrophire Council today announced that two new directors have been appointed to the board of ip&e Ltd, the council's private company.
Shropshire Council's controversial company ip&e currently cannot hold board meetings as it doesn't have enough directors.
The management of Shropshire Council's company ip&e will be reviewed – after it was branded "not fit for purpose".
Shropshire Council's private enterprise IP&e has turned its first profit – but managed sales of less than £17,000 to outside organisations, newly-published accounts have revealed.
Keith Barrow says nothing new in his piece about ip&e, but continues to miss the point that ip&e removes the council even further away from local communities.
The leader of Shropshire Council has hit out at critics of the authority's private company – branding their attacks "politically motivated".
Shropshire Council has created a commercial company called ip&e to deliver services and make a profit. Today council leader Keith Barrow answers critics who claim its secrecy is undemocratic.
The first staff could move over to Shropshire Council's new trading company this summer, it was revealed today.
The boss of Shropshire Council's new company has left his role after eight months in the job, it was revealed today.
The company being set up to run some Shropshire Council services for profit is preparing to hire a team of senior managers.
