Working for us
Finance and Resources
Our Finance and Resources department is responsible for the following areas:
- Finance
- Audit and risk
- Procurement and contracts
- Legal, governance and democratic services
- Elections
- Information governance
- Revenues and benefits
- Registrars
- Complaints
- School appeals
Procurement Team
The procurement team seek value for money on all goods, works and services bought by the council. We continuously improve the procurement process to obtain the best value from the contracts we enter into and to minimise the administration costs of buying. We offer guidance, advice and support on all aspects of procurement to all council departments. The unit ensures that all procurements comply with the council’s rules and national and European Law. We control and monitor all major contracts for the procurement of goods, works and services. We purchase a wide range of goods and services to support our operations and to deliver high-quality services to residents, businesses and visitors. To deliver these services we buy goods and services ranging from pencils to buildings. We spend around £115 million every year and we aim to ensure that they deliver value for the money which we do through using a mix of the best suppliers to promote diverse and competitive local economy.
Litigation
The Litigation Team work incredibly hard on a range of legal cases regulatory prosecutions and civil litigations, and provide professional advice to a number of internal and external stakeholders.
Regulatory prosecutions and associated legal notices can range from environmental health cases such as fly-tipping, public protection including trading standards, planning enforcement, school attendance, and community safety.
Civil litigations can include trespasser removal, miscellaneous uninsured claims, and debt recovery.
The team also advise regulatory committees such as taxi regulation, licensed premises regulation, school appeals, and school transport appeals.