Category: Finance

When checking through the accounts of Independent Hemsworth Town Council, it seems that “Duck Food” and “Duck Food Bags” are regular entries. In February 2022 £81.61 was spent on the…

Ferret has previously posted about the charges for rental of a Juke Box at the Lakeside Café Bar. This is the same venue which has a music license so they…

Further to Ferret’s posts in May and June 2022, regarding Independent Hemsworth Town Council and their spending of our precept money on Facebook advertising in February 2022. A further entry…

At the recent Finance Meeting held on 4 August 2022, Chair of the Committee Councillor Donna Moran, opened up the meeting by confirming that the “Independent Cabal” had left the…

When looking through the recently published accounts for April 2022, Ferret noticed an entry for a “FRIDGE FOR LOWER OFFICE” dated 1 April 2022. Nothing too untoward with this, until…

Another month and another set of legal fees. This time a total of £900 has been paid to “Ramsdens Solicitors”. Ferret has no idea what these fees relate to, maybe…

Ferret is disappointed to see that the “Jumping Pillow” is out of action at Hemsworth Waterpark. Even more disappointing is the fact that during the school holidays, this major attraction…

We have heard so much about the financial reserves of Hemsworth Town Council being used as a seemingly bottomless pit of money, by our Independent councillors since the very start…

Today’s post on Ferret is in two parts, firstly… Possible “suspicious transactions” around a Parish Council’s bank account are being investigated by the Police. Cheshire Police said investigations into transactions…

Today’s post is a lengthy one, please take the time to read it in full. Unfortunately, Ferret believes this post is required at this time to address a number of…