Social Value Ideas for Stirling Council

Festive Season Extended Opening Hours - General Extension Approval

Board approved temporary general extension to licensed premises operating hours for festive season period 13 December 2024 to 2 January 2025. Extended hours approved: on-sales premises remain open unt…

“The board is asked to agree that there will be a festive season general extension to on-sales licensing hours with effect from Friday the 13th of Dece…”

Cancellation of Licensing Board Meeting - 11 June 2024

The District of Stirling Licensing Board has decided to cancel its scheduled meeting on 11 June 2024 due to resource constraints arising from election activities. The Board has established a protocol …

“The purpose of this report is to ask the licensing board to cancel its scheduled meeting on the 11th of June, 2024”

Tesco store layout changes

Tesco Express 2482 sought and obtained approval for a major variation including operating plan changes, a revised layout, increased off-sales capacity and remote delivery/collection services. This ind…

“Speaker 4: Yes. Thank you, Chair. This is an application for a major variation of a premises license, Tesco Express and Lennie Road calendar. So this …”

Premises licences ceasing to effect

The Board agreed a process for identifying premises licences that may have ceased to have effect after twelve months without alcohol sales, including writing to licence holders and scheduling review h…

“Speaker 4: Yes. Thank you, Chair. This report provides an update to the board on the issue of premises licenses, may have ceased to have effect, and i…”

Peter Gibson appointed to forum

The panel agreed to appoint Peter Gibson to the Stirling local licensing forum. The report noted that the civic panel has delegated authority for this appointment, that he is a licensed holder in the …

“Speaker 1: Thank you. So, yes, this report is for the appointment of a member to the Sterling local licensing forum forum. The civic panel has delegat…”

Financial sustainability remains high risk

The Council faces continuing financial pressure because Scottish Government funding is annual and does not match cost and demand pressures, especially pay. Officers said the medium-term financial plan…

“Speaker 6: Yes, to update, convener. The actions that have been closed, you'll see, are now reflected as part of the controls that are now in place: S…”

General Fund Revenue Budget 2025-26 Approval

Stirling Council approved revenue budget of approximately £243.8 million for 2025-26, representing £8.34 million increase on previous year (3.6% increase). After removing ring-fenced funding, equates …

“This year our grant settlement will be £243.8 million, and this is an increase of £8.34 million on last year...The paper sets out the council tax assu…”

Final accounts back on track

Management and external audit agreed a recovery timetable to bring the council back to statutory accounts deadlines, with regular engagement over the summer and a special committee meeting in November…

“Speaker 6: The report before you provides an update on the progress of the audit work for twenty twenty four-twenty twenty five and the consequential …”

Netcall to replace WorkPro

The council is moving from the WorkPro FOI/EIR system toward a wider Netcall customer engagement platform, with the aim of building a more bespoke in-house workflow, reducing multiple software contrac…

“Speaker 19: The background to this was that we have this WorkPro system, which is OSIC system that is the one that OSIC uses, which we have used for a…”

Cyber resilience needs ongoing spend

Cyber risk was described as one of the biggest risks facing the economy and the council. The committee heard that the council relies on ongoing spend on cyber controls, external monitoring, resilience…

“Speaker 9: Thank you, Chair, and good morning. Laurence Hay, Head of Customer Service and Performance. So in terms of are they adequate, you'll note t…”