North Lincolnshire Council agrees policy for making extra cash by selling its services
A new commercial policy will be introduced by North Lincolnshire Council to help it generate additional income through trading.
The move was agreed by councillors at a meeting of the authority's cabinet.
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North Lincolnshire Council's headquarters at the Civic Centre in Scunthorpe
The policy identifies areas the council will target for trading opportunities, such as schools, public sector bodies and small businesses.
Outlining the document, Jason Whaler, the council's assistant director for business support, said: "Our vision is to be a dynamic, high-performing council, giving the best possible value for money.
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"Central to this is the development of new commercial capabilities.
"Given the backdrop of public sector spending cuts and increased need to identify new sources of funding and services, it is self-ending."
Councillor Neil Poole, cabinet member for policy and resources, said a commercial manager would be appointed as part of the plan.
He said: "We are in the process of interviewing to find the person for that job.
"We are also looking to create a post regarding contract management."
Councillor Rob Waltham, cabinet member for people, said the new policy would help the council continue to have links with academy schools.
He said: "We want to be innovative, we are looking at relationships we have with schools and we want to keep building relationships that other local authorities are losing.
"It is an important part of how we keep our relationships with schools as we move forward."
Schools which choose to become academies have greater control over their budget and are no longer limited to using council services.
Councillor Tony Gosling, the opposition Labour group's spokesman on children's services, said he could see a problem if converter academies did not sign up to the council's service level agreement.
But Mr Waltham said the policy would be crucial to persuading academies to continue buying services, such as school meals, from the council.
Mr Poole added the policy would allow the council to be more pro-active in trading outside the region.
He said: "We will look to tender for things like school meal contracts as and when it is in the best interests of North Lincolnshire."
At the meeting the result of the Ofsted inspection of the council's fostering team was also noted and the "outstanding" judgement welcomed.
Members of the press and public were excluded from the meeting while a report on the council's residual waste treatment service procurement project was discussed.
Comments
by englander61
Thursday, November 22 2012, 10:44PM
“nick_nick_ . If these job,s existed they must have been filled very quickly , And the agency concerned would provide information to where they where its not top secret information and how many of these full time jobs did they fill . ???”
by englander61
Thursday, November 22 2012, 10:36PM
“nick_nick_ . Sorry but two lads went down and applied for so called jobs and there were none , you have to sign up to be on there books and then they will let you know if any thing comes up , Then you get offered short time work odd days here and there . Some agency's tell you a months work is available which turns out to be a lot less some times just a few days . I myself phoned and was told there was work available but were did it go ??. If you do not be leave what i have said send somebody you know down to apply for said jobs and see what happens , Its about having labor on your books to get contracts to supply to company's . It need some type of regulating of these practices and the way they operate .”
by filbert
Thursday, November 22 2012, 8:35PM
“nick
nick-nick if I am reading these comments correctly the agencies get paid for placing people in jobs so the more short term jobs they fill the more money they will make.”
by nick_nick_
Thursday, November 22 2012, 4:41PM
“so if there are no jobs as you state, why are there cards in the windows and adverts in the paper and all over the internet?
surely job agencies only get paid when they fill a position?”
by englander61
Thursday, November 22 2012, 1:24PM
“nick_nick_ Sorry scabs was right there are no jobs , Its just a ploy to get people to sign up with agency . This should not be allowed ,I have heard of this before and its completely wrong for agency's to do this . Its making people think there is work out there when there is none . All jobs should be given out from job center and agency's should be banned if they give false information out . A months work should be a month not three days as often seems to be the case ,”
by ricardo121
Wednesday, November 21 2012, 6:37PM
“why not they have great experience ,selling houses off ,investing in iceland, buying property to”
by nick_nick_
Wednesday, November 21 2012, 5:18PM
“i just phoned richard at the best connection. he can confirm the position is still open and they are actively seeking people to fill the position. time of call 17:18 on wednesday 21 november 2012.”
by englander61
Wednesday, November 21 2012, 2:56PM
“nick_nick_ , Just phoned the number and was told there are jobs available , Am sending the young man i mentioned in my previous comment round will keep all informed on development . Lets hope he finds the employment he has been seeking for so long , Thanks for the lead .”
by scabs
Wednesday, November 21 2012, 10:43AM
“gutted, just cheched the best connection for that job nick nick showed, guess what. its not thier,”
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