Cabinet resolved to:
(i) Note the performance of the debt management function carried out by the Council’s Revenues service, including the improvement of collection rates and the continued recovery techniques applied to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic;
(ii) Note that a review of the number of businesses that qualified under the Council’s COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund (CARF) policy, approved by Minute 94 (22 March 2022), meant that the level of Business Rates relief awarded to the 716 qualifying businesses was able to be increased from 90% to 100% for the 2021/22 financial year, as detailed in section 4 of the report; and
(iii) Note the arrears project started in April 2022, as detailed in section 11 of the report.