Decision details

The Public protection and Health Improvement team are seeking to support business by providing enhanced charged for services.

The Cabinet Member agreed to:

1.1The Public Protection and Health Improvement Service (PP&HI) charging businesses for regulatory advice; pre-application advice and application assistance;

1.2The PP&HI service charging for training, mentoring and development courses along with enhanced advice and support services across a range of activities including events, active lifestyles and regulatory services.

These will be operated initially as a pilot with a view to building in to the fees and charges setting process in 2017/18 and beyond

The pilot enables the authority to offer “charged for” services in relation to a range of new business support and advice including but not limited to:

i.  Advice for new businesses

ii.  Licensing pre-application advice, application assistance and a check and send option. This involves a range of charges depending on the licence and the type of support requested

iii.  Events advice, scheduling and support

iv.  Training, mentoring and development.

The PP&HI team have already developed a number of income generating options such as entering into Primary Authority Partnerships, promoting the Buy With Confidence and Plus Care schemes and providing services to other authorities, such as the promotion and delivery of the Eat Out Eat Well scheme.