Implications for Businesses

For business, the one unitary council proposal suggests the following specific outcomes:

• A single point of contact for regulatory services which impact on business.

• Less 'red tape' as different regulatory services are joined-up, allowing a streamlined and integrated inspection regime.

• More commercial opportunities through public sector procurement and commissioning at corporate and local levels, and the re-development of council-owned town centre sites in the County's main settlements and commercial centres.

• More enlightened decision-making which impacts on businesses, through business representatives being co-opted to sit alongside council management teams as expert advisors.