Agenda

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the Environment and Economy Select Committee meeting held on Tuesday 17 January 2023.

To receive a presentation from the Business Relationship Manager, Mena Caldbeck on the impact of the cost of living crisis on small to medium sized businesses (SMEs) in Stevenage.

In addition to the officer presentation there will be an opportunity to interview Simon Holmes, Director of Client Services and Enterprise Partnership Manager at Wenta (an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise that run the Council’s Business Technology Centre (BTC)) to present on how businesses at the BTC are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.

The Executive Portfolio Holder for Economy, Enterprise and Transport, Cllr Lloyd Briscoe, has been invited to attend the meeting and join in the discussion.

To consider any Part I business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in paragraphs1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

2.  That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.