Labour-run Nottingham City Council will be spending £60,000 to hire a consultant to review its office portfolio. The council hopes it will help cut costs and support savings as it seeks to keep the books balanced.
According to documents the council will be reviewing its office buildings used for administrative purposes. The authority says it hopes this will develop an understanding of the opportunities to achieve "short-term reductions in the operating and holding costs of its administrative offices portfolio, and medium-term opportunities to reduce permanently its operating footprint with a view to achieving further sustainable cost savings."
However it is required to be done within a short timeframe and the council does not have the capacity to undertake the work in-house. It has therefore allocated £60,000 to appoint an external consultant through a competitive process.
