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Sept 2021
North Yorkshire County Council has been criticised for delaying scrutiny of its loss-making Brierley Group.
The council set up the Brierley Group in 2017 to bring together council-owned companies and save money.
But the group, which includes housebuilding company Brierley Homes, reported a loss of £639,000 last year.
Brierley Homes' developments include Woodfield Square in Bilton and Millwright Park in Pateley Bridge.
Council officials this week told a shareholder committee the group had bounced back with a “really positive” first three months of the financial year.
But a Conservative councillor questioned why the Tory-run authority had delayed its corporate scrutiny committee examining the performance of the Brierley Group by some nine months.
Cllr Richard Musgrave, who represents Escrick, said:
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