Decision details

Following the Ambition 2020 public consultation exercise, Cabinet approved the development of full business cases to support the creation of Home Services, a Council wholly-owned company which would provide a repairs and maintenance (R&M) service to the Council and local corporate / institutional landlords, and Traded Services, a Council wholly-owned company for the delivery of catering, cleaning and some other smaller traded services. 

The Cabinet will be asked to approve the business cases for the creation of the new Home Services and Traded Services companies.

The Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the Home Services Full Business Case at Appendix A to the report;

(ii)  Approve the Traded Services Full Business Case at Appendix B to the report;

(iii)  Agree the establishment of a new wholly-owned Council Company, in accordance with the proposals set out in the report, to manage both Home Services and Traded Services;

(iv)  Delegate authority to the Chief Operating Officer, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Investment and Growth and the Director of Law and Governance, to implement all steps leading to the establishment of the new company in line with the proposals;

(v)  Delegate authority to the Director of Law and Governance to execute all the legal agreements, contracts and any other documents on behalf of the Council to implement the setting up of the new company; and

(vi)  Delegate authority to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to nominate the individuals to be appointed to the Shareholder Executive Board of the new company.