The Cabinet Member for Community Services has taken the decision to:
1. agree the introduction of a charging policy for the provision of advice to businesses by the Trading Standards team.
2. agree a charging policy in line with option 3; the first hour free for tailored advice to a maximum of one hour (for the lifetime of the business) and £70 per hour thereafter
3.
agree that the service will
provide fully chargeable advice to businesses located outside of
the County of Kent
4. Further explore opportunities to work collaboratively with other authorities and to delegate the decision to undertake such arrangements where appropriate to the Head of Trading Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Services