Issue - meetings

To consider the update on the Support to Small Businesses scrutiny review.

At this point ,in the meeting, the  Chair passed the chairmanship to the  Vice chair, for consideration  of this item, and briefly  vacated the meeting.

 The Committee considered how actions had been progressed from the Scrutiny review into the support of small business completed in 2010.

Cllr Winskill raised a number of key concerns about the timeliness, interpretation and implementation of recommendations arising from the review into support to small businesses. The Assistant Director for Planning, Regeneration and Economy contended that there had been a good response from the service to recommendations of the review and offered to go through the report and explain further on the actions being taken forward.

RESOLVED

That Cllr Winskill and the Assistant Director for  Planning, Regeneration and Economy  meet outside the Committee meeting to discuss further the report.(Action 95.1) Cllr Winskill