Commercial Atlas
Discover across council services
People
Place
Community
Corporate
Demonstration hypotheses
Research hypotheses — not validated legal or financial findingsWaste & recycling
Commercial waste collection using spare round capacity
Test whether existing collection rounds have spare capacity that could serve local businesses on a cost-recovering basis.
Licensing
Licensing fees cost-recovery review
Check whether licensing fees reflect the actual cost of administering each regime, where fee-setting discretion exists.
Libraries & culture
Community venue hire utilisation
Understand whether rooms in libraries and community buildings sit idle at bookable times, and how a simpler booking offer might fill them.
Procurement & contracts
Cross-council contract duplication
Identify overlapping contracts for the same goods or services held separately by different departments.
Digital & ICT
Digital administrative efficiency
Reduce manual re-keying and duplicate data entry in high-volume back-office processes.
Revenues & benefits
Household billing accuracy and leakage
Review discounts, exemptions and property records for accuracy, using lawful data matching.
Children's services
Placement commissioning contract review
Examine how high-cost care placements are commissioned, to improve outcomes and price stability.
Climate & energy
Building energy efficiency invest-to-save
Fund efficiency measures in operational buildings where metered data supports a payback case.
Governance & legal
Shared legal service with neighbouring authorities
Explore a shared in-house legal function to reduce external counsel spend and recruitment pressure.
Finance
Sundry debt invoicing and arrears process
Improve the time from service delivery to invoice, and early, fair arrears contact.