Issue - meetings

Business Friendly Council

Meeting: 12/04/2016 - Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Strategic Planning (Item 16)

This report provides an update on the work that has been undertaken to progress our business friendly ambitions since the last report to Executive in December 2015.

Decision:

Resolved: That the Executive Member:

(i) Noted the work that has been undertaken to reach the objective of becoming a Business Friendly Council.

Reason: To ensure that the administration is aware of the work being carried out towards becoming a Business Friendly Council.

(ii) Advised that the following options be preferable as next steps:

· Audit of the Council’s existing business support arrangements

· Look at the Council’s website to check it provides easy to use channels through which businesses can access what they need.

· Business Friendly Charter.

Reason: To develop options agreed by the Executive Member within a structured initial timescale, and to provide an update report for discussion by the Executive Member in Autumn 2016.

Minutes:

The Executive Member considered a report which provided an update on the Council’s ambition to become a Business Friendly Council.

Officers outlined the report and advised that there were 3 main areas of work with different themes – communication, consultation and behaviours.

Following further discussion, the Executive Member agreed that the three main focus points should be the Councils website, developing a charter and a review of the current business support arrangements.