Issue - decisions

Appointment of Inner Circle Consulting for coordination works aligned to the Reopening the High Street Safely Fund and Welcome Back Fund project delivery.

27/04/2021 - Appointment of Inner Circle Consulting for coordination works aligned to the Reopening the High Street Safely Fund and Welcome Back Fund project delivery.

In accordance with CSO 8.01 and 8.02, the Head of Programme Management is requested to approve under their delegated authority, the appointment of Inner Circle Consulting to undertake consultancy and coordination works aligned to the delivery of Reopening the High Street Safely and Welcome Back Fund projects.

Inner Circle Consulting will deliver an 8-week programme of support and coordination that will deliver a coordinated multi-disciplinary approach that takes full account of all the considerations needed from each specialist team (i.e., highways; parking; licensing & enforcement; economic development; counterterrorism; regeneration; etc.) and responds proportionately in terms of time and cost.

This will enable the rapid approval and roll-out of pavement licences & tackle some of the more complex proposals for supporting outdoor eating and drinking, providing both a responsive outdoor offer for businesses as well as more area-based place-making approaches that will provide an enhanced experience for customers.

Inner Circle Consulting will deliver a documented process map to be used by officers for future use in the delivery of reopening projects involving cross service activities.

The total cost of the works is £9,884.