Small Business Federation
Case reference FOI2024/00424
Published 22 March 2024
Request
Please see attached
Response
A:
Regarding the 2022/23 budget - COVID restrictions were in place so no specific event was arranged. Details of consultations are contained within the report Summary of Herefordshire Council's 2022/23 Budget consultation events.
This information is publically available on Herefordshire Council's website and can be viewed via the following link:
https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s50097753/Appendix%20G%20Impact%20report.pdf
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
However, I have attached this document to your response for ease of reference.
Regarding the 2023/24 budget, an event was held on 13/12/22 to consult with businesses (Online Zoom session as part of Herefordshire Council's Quarterly Business update with Herefordshire Businesses). Details can be found at
https://councillors.herefordshire.gov.uk/documents/s50108025/Appendix%20F%20Impact%20Report.pdf
As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
However, I have attached this document to your response for ease of reference. See in particular point 2.4
Regarding the 2024/25 budget, an event was held 22/11/23 to consult with businesses (Hereford Means Business Conference). Details can be found at:
The above budget consultation events were also publicised and shared widely, including business membership organisations (to share with members) and to businesses on our database. Our communication with the FSB is done via the Development Manager, who is the contact on our CRM system. In addition to the communications below, we can confirm that emails were sent in relation to:
14/04/2023 - Herefordshire's Big Economic Plan: vision to 2050
08/07/2023 - UKSPF Stakeholder Workshop
21/12/2023 - Hereford Skills Show and County Plan Consultation
21/12/2023 - Invite to Skills Roundtable event in February 2024
Throughout 2020, Herefordshire Council hosted weekly (virtual) business partner meetings. This was part of the Covid recovery effort; to receive business intelligence from representative business organisations to inform Covid funding programmes and interventions to support economic recovery. The Development Manager attended these regularly. See a breakdown of correspondence attached.
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