Decision details

Decision Maker: Deputy Leader of the Council and Economic Growth, Regeneration & Tourism Portfolio Holder

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Decision:

To commission Blink Media to provide the Tendring4Growth website and KAT Marketing to provide a suite of training videos for Tendring businesses.

Reasons for the decision:

To provide a website to support the continued growth of Tendring4Growth, and a need for a dedicated space to house important information for Tendring businesses. This approach effectively provides local businesses with the necessary resources in one place and demonstrates the council’s commitment to encouraging growth in the local economy.
To deliver training resources to support our local business through recordings and webinars, rather than one-off events, making the information more accessible to people who may not be able to visit an events.

Alternative options considered:

To not utilise UKSPF funding to deliver this training and website and not have a free resource for Tendring Businesses to use. If the allocated UKSPF funding is not spent and the project is not completed by March 2025, this will need to be returned to UK Government.
To only commission one of these projects and not take advantage of the funding opportunity that is available right now.

Publication date: 20/12/2024

Date of decision: 20/12/2024

Effective from: 07/01/2025

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