Friday 11 June 2010

Back to work with a vengeance this week, complete with sun burn from the Bath & West show. We had a great week off touring the numerous summer events in the West Country and also managed a trip to Legoland which I always enjoy!

This week has all been about Thursday's staff and members tour of Bourne Hill complete with partial installed furniture and all new ICT. The day was brilliant; the building looked tremendous and the kit installed really demonstrated what Work Place Transformation is all about. 300 or so staff attended the event and many whom I talked with mentioned the culture change that this type of building will drive and said how impressed they were with the facilities, decor and kit that they will have. We will try and get some Trowbridge based staff around the building over the next few months so they can experience what the County Hall refurbishment will be like. I'd like to thank all of the team who prepared for the day and those on duty who made yesterday run so smoothly. Truly inspirational!

The other big news this week has been the government announcing where this years reductions in council expenditure will be made. Wiltshire Council will need to make savings of £2.7million revenue (0.7% of our total grant from central government) plus a further £1.5 million in capital. This information was posted on the CLG website just last night, so we will be considering this over the next few days to develop plans for members to meet these requirements. More of this next week.

Thanks for reading. Have a great weekend and talk again next week.

Carlton