Agenda

Minutes of the meeting of Cabinet held on 9 February 2021, as circulated, to be confirmed as a true record and signed by the Chair. 

Unless already entered in the Council’s Register of Members’ interests, members are required to disclose any personal interest (which includes any disclosable pecuniary interest) they may have in any of the items included on the agenda for the meeting in accordance with the Code of Conduct adopted by the Council on 4 July 2012, and are reminded that if they have any personal interests of a prejudicial nature (as defined under paragraph 17 of the Code Conduct) they must not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must leave the room. NB Any member needing clarification must contact monitoringofficer@northumberland.gov.uk. Please refer to the guidance on disclosures at the rear of this agenda letter.

To consider such other business as, in the opinion of the Chair, should, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency. 

It is expected that matters included in this part of the Agenda will be dealt with in private.  Reports referred to are enclosed for members and officers only, coloured pink and marked "Not for Publication".

The Cabinet is invited to consider passing the following resolution:

(a)     That under Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the Agenda as they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A of the 1972 Act, and

(b)     That the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:-

Agenda Items            Paragraph of Part I of Schedule 12A

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Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).  

AND

The public interest in maintaining this exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure because disclosure could adversely affect the business reputation or confidence in the person/organisation, and could adversely affect commercial revenue.

To recommend to members that the Council approves revisions to the governance arrangements for Northumberland Enterprise Holdings Ltd (NEHL) and the establishment of associated subsidiary companies(Appendix A). 

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for a number of required improvements which must be made as a matter of priority regarding the County Council’s wholly owned company, Advance Northumberland Ltd.  These changes are necessary to address significant concerns regarding the governance arrangements in place and to safeguard the interests of the County Council as sole shareholder (Appendix B). 

The purpose of this report is to seek Cabinet approval for the provision of a number of financial support measures for Advance Northumberland, the County Council’s wholly owned company, to support the subsidiary as a going concern (Appendix C).