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Next meeting of East Devon Business Forum

The next meeting of the East Devon Business Forum will be held on Thursday 11 October 2012 at 6 p.m. at the East Devon Business Centre in Honiton.

Its Chairman, Councillor Brown, has said that it is open to anyone at all who wishes to attend.  However, according to the Sidmouth Independent News, ( Oct 9th post) East Devon District Council says that the meetings of EDBF are private.


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Confession time for top Councillors, this Wednesday (10th Oct) at the Knowle

Weds 10th Oct: 6.30pm: The full Council of EDDC is to consider a couple of extraordinary items on its agenda:
On behalf of himself, the Leader of the Council and the Portfolio Holder – Economy, the Chairman to state their retrospective Personal Interests in the East Devon Business Forum motion (minute 28 of Council meeting of 25 July 2012) under the new Code of Conduct. (Although they were open at the meeting about their involvement with the Forum, they overlooked actually stating that it was a declarable interest. They wish to give their apologies for that oversight).
The Chairman to invite Councillor Mike Allen to address the meeting in respect of his incorrect comments about Councillor Claire Wright’s website design.


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Thursday 27 September – Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting

This Thursday, 27th September, at 6.30pm at the Knowle, the role of the East Devon Business Forum will be examined by the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. Councillor Graham Troman called for this item to be put on the agenda. Members of the public can attend, and may speak before the meeting (3 minutes max, sign in on arrival).

For details, and Tony Green’s Report on EDBF, see Independent Councillor Claire Wright’s blog www.claire-wright.org