Income & Commercialisation

Chris Moore - Director of Corporate Resources

To develop a more commercial approach to the delivery of Council services with a view to increasing the level of income generated.

• To promote the development of a more commercial culture and approach across the organisation in order to increase the level of income generated by the Council.
• To ensure that the Council has sufficient skills and capacity to support this approach.
• To ensure that service fees and charges reflect the costs of delivering that service unless a business case dictates otherwise
• To identify potential to generate more income through increasing take-up of services
• To provide clarity on the approach to the application of concessions and subsidies.
• To review the Council’s income collection policies to ensure that income is collected by the most efficient means.
• To review opportunities to increase income from advertising and sponsorship.
• To identify further income generation opportunities through the selling of Council services to other public bodies/private sector whilst ensuring compliance with the relevant legislative framework.
• To further strengthen debt recovery processes and ensure that there is sufficient capacity to maximise the levels of debt recovered.