We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Stirling Council in Scotland across 43 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
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…”
ERP Implementation Challenges - Finance Function Stabilisation
Oracle Cloud Fusion ERP (MyPortal) implementation faced significant challenges post-go-live (April 2024 HR/payroll; April 25 finance). Finance went live despite staff readiness concerns and lack of st…
“The planning timescale that we put forward to council way back when we first started this journey was far too short, it was far too aggressive, and it…”
IFRS 16 Implementation Delays and System Complexity
IFRS 16 lease accounting implementation for 2024-25 caused significant delays in account preparation, with accounts not meeting statutory deadlines. The complexity arose from manual processes converti…
“IFRS 16 is probably the most significant change in accounting standards that we have seen potentially since the implementation of IFRS in local govern…”
Housing Revenue Account - Repairs and Maintenance Cost Pressures
Housing Revenue Account experiencing significant cost pressures on repairs and maintenance. Projected overspend of £1.5 million against budget of £7 million (over 21% variance). Current year spend app…
“repairs and maintenance costs are projected to be just over £8.5 million against a budget of just under £7 million, an overspend of just over £1.5 mil…”
New Council Housing Development Procurement - Brucefields South Stirling Gateway
Council approved proceeding with procurement process for construction of 36 new affordable homes at Persimmon Homes development site. This is part of council's strategic housing investment plan to mee…
“The council's housing service has been offered 36 homes which we would like to purchase and let these as council housing. We expect the maximum price …”
Steadfast Homes - Expansion of Mid-Market Rental Portfolio
£500,000 allocated in 2025-26 capital programme to acquire up to 5 additional mid-market rental properties to expand Steadfast Homes portfolio beyond current stock. Funded through loan and Scottish Go…
“Note that £500,000 has been allocated to 2025-26 general fund capital program for StepFast to acquire up to 5 more mid-market properties to add to exi…”
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”
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…”
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