Business & Economic Development - Freedom of Information Requests

Disclosure Log - Business & Economic Development

2024

November

Reference: 3583164

Subject: 

Please can you email me a list of November or Q2 (most current) business rates credits you currently hold for businesses including: 

• The company name for whom the credit exists
• The start date of the business rates account
• If the account is still live or the date it ended
• The full property address of the property with the credit on
• The date / year of when the credit was created
• The full amount of credit you hold for the business 
• The reason for the credit e.g., retail relief, overpayment  

Response date: 05 November 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3583164.

 

Reference: 3578232

Subject: 

1. Details of any schemes or programs operated directly by the local authority under the UKSPF People and Skills priority area. Include the budget and the number of staff allocated to the program or scheme and where appropriate the length of the program or scheme.
2. Details of any organisation which has  been awarded contracts by the local authority to deliver services covered by the remit of the UKSPF People and Skills priority area, such as upskilling, employment support, and skills provision. Include the names of the organisations, the amounts awarded, and the length of the contract.

Response date: 05 November 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3578232.

 

May

Reference: 3501530

Subject: 

1. Does the council have an Economic Development (ED) team that provides business support to local companies?
2. If so, please provide the email address and telephone number of the Economic Development team.
3.  If the council does not have an ED team, please provide the contact details of the organisation responsible for offering business support in your council area.
4. Does the ED team use a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system?
5. If a CRM system is in use, what is the name of the CRM system being used by the ED team?
6. If the ED team does not currently use a CRM system, does the ED team maintain a list of the companies that it supports?
7. And if the list is maintained on a spreadsheet, please share a blank copy of the spreadsheet, including the column headings indicating the information collected (no companies data is required).
8. Additionally, if the information requested is already publicly available, I kindly request detailed guidance on where I can find it. Specifically, please provide instructions on how to locate expenditure on a CRM related to the Economic Development team, including:
9. The name and location of the document or webpage where expenditure data is published.
10. Any specific filters or search terms I should apply to focus on expenditure related to the ED team and their subscription to a CRM.
11. Does the ED team report the number of business support request that they receive to anyone?
12. And if so, who does the ED team report to – i.e. who are the ED team’s key stakeholders?
    This might include for example: own management team, councillors, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Levelling Up, others – please specify.
13. Kindly provide an example copy of the business support activity report the ED team gives its stakeholders.

Response date: 29 May 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3501530.

 

Reference: 3490513

Subject: 

Please may you provide me with:

• A list of UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) interventions to which you (the lead authority or partner local authority within your combined authority) have allocated funding, including the intervention code* and the value of the funding.
  * Intervention codes provided in the UKSPF guidance from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
• The total amount of your UKSPF allocation that Central Government has transferred to you (the lead authority or partner local authority within your combined authority) by financial year.

Response date: 22 May 2024

Response: Response to this request - 3490513.

 

2023

October

Reference: 1861978

Subject: 

• Provide a link/contact email where groups are able to apply for this funding?
• Could you please advise what funds local groups can apply for?
• Could you please advise a detailed list of which council authorities (town/parish councils) in your area would be eligible to apply (not for example an 'ALL' response).

Response date: 18 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1861978.

 

Reference: 1859439

Subject: 

We are in the process of up-dating our 2020 Unofficial report on the BACK DATING OF SMALL BUSINESS RATES RELIEF which I believe your council kindly contributed to three years ago.

We are now seeking to update this report for the benefit of all who have an interest in this subject and therefore we are now repeating our FOI Request some three years on.

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Small Business Rates Relief was brought in by the government with effect from 1st April 2005.

We are keen to inquire how far back (to what date) local businesses in your area are now able to still re-claim Small Business Rates Relief as of say 4th October 2023.

Response date: 18 October 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1859439.

 

June

Reference: 1136352

Subject: 

The October 2022 – December 2022 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities statistics state that within this time period there were 4 households placed in temporary accommodation by Rushcliffe Borough Council to another district.

Are you able to confirm which districts these households were placed into, not providing any personal information regarding households other than which local authority district that the placement was located?

Response date: 14 June 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1136352.

 

March 

Reference: 1069302

Subject: 

1. How much did the council spend on bids for Round 1 of the Government's Levelling Up Fund?
2. Could you outline what each of those bids was for and how much money was requested for each of them?
3. How much money were those individual bids awarded under Round 1 of the Government's Levelling Up Fund?
4. How much did the council spend on bids for Round 2 of the Government's Levelling Up Fund?
5. Could you outline what each of those bids was for and how much money was requested for each of them?
6. How much money were those individual bids awarded under Round 2 of the Government's Levelling Up Fund?

Response date: 17 March 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1069302.

 

February

Reference: 1011537

Subject: 

Please can you confirm how much has been spent on Consultants or other independent contractors providing assistance with the 'Levelling up Scheme' to date.

Response date: 14 February 2023

Response: Response to this request - 1011537.