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The Entrepreneurial Council
West Lindsey District Council
Alex Reeks – May 2013
Overview
1. What Entrepreneurial means to us,
2. Difference between Entrepreneurial and Commercial,
3. Focus on culture change,
4. Challenges
5. Successes
6. Questions
Who are we?
West Lindsey District Council
• One of 7 districts within Lincolnshire
• Lincolnshire County Council
• 440 Square miles
• 90,000 residents
• 42,000 properties
• 16th most sparsely populated council in England
• 37 Councillors – Conservative controlled
Financial Position1. The base Revenue Account and budget - approximately £43.8 million
gross expenditure
2. A Capital Programme - spend for 2012-13 of approximately £3 million
3. Earmarked Reserves - approximately £6 million
4. General Fund Balance - approximately £6 million
5. Physical assets on the assets register – £14.4 million (2010 valuations)
6. Section 106, Community Infrastructure Levy – (funds available to be confirmed)
7. New Homes Bonus – estimated at £1.2m earmarked for empty homes project.
8. No borrowing
Challenges
1. Significant grant reductions,
2. Further decentralisation plans challenging the funding regime
3. Increasing demands for services
4. Increasing customer expectations around services
5. Increasing expectations to invest for growth to support the local economy
6. Tradition
New Approach
Realisation: Our current model of delivery is unsustainable we need to change our approach
Rebrand: West Lindsey - The Entrepreneurial Council
What does that mean to us?
Entrepreneurial - looking creatively at all resources
Commercial (sits under entrepreneurial) - how do we become more cost conscious in the solutions we propose and the way we use that money
Co-production – Less hand outs, different approaches, different relationship with our communities
Responses to Branding
Inquisitive:• What’s that all about?• Why do we need to change?• What does it mean to me?
Challenging:• We’re a council not a business• Why are we wasting our time with this• You’re on another planet• That’s not our role
Missing the point:• Yeah, that’s great, here’s my growth list for this year• But they deliver social good, we should just fund them• When are you going to stop trying to scare us with this talk of budget
cuts?
Important step
ListenThese comments help shape the response
What did we hear?
• Confusion• Resistance• Uncertainty• Denial• Threats to the status quo• Risks• Fear of personal implications
How do we overcome these?
For full success:
• Intellectual buy in• Spiritual/emotional buy in• Materials/Resources required
Realisation
Not everyone will get the Intellectual
Focus on:• Gaining their trust and confidence• Focus on providing enablers• Focus on kick starting the conversation
Kick starting the conversationStaff: No redundancies if you work with us, you’re flexible and
adaptable
Communities: Funding allocated for your priorities - £4.5 million
Businesses: A ‘Dragons Den’ fund established to support start-ups and growth - £3 million
Specific outcomes:
Empty Homes - £2.2 millionIncrease property portfolio yield - £3 million
In Depth Reviews of service areas to baseline commercial position
Successes
20 % reduction in Net Expenditure over the last three year• approximately 98% from efficiencies and rationalisation, 2% income
A further 23% reduction in the pipeline
• Approximately 37% from further efficiencies
• Approximately 63% from income achieved while delivering social outcomes
Successes continued
• Increased Entrepreneurialism• Increased commercial Awareness• No compulsory redundancies to date• No significant reductions in service to our customers• High satisfaction with our approach to community
engagement/Localism• Improved outcomes for the community• No use of reserves or New Homes Bonus to set a balanced and
sustainable budget
Successes continued
“As an Entrepreneurial Council with a Social Enterprise Mindsetworking for our place and our society.”
End of presentation
West Lindsey District Council
Alex Reeks – May 2013
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