Service Reviews | Economic

Economic growth rates, inflation, Interest rates, business confidence, employment rates, inflation, Government expenditure cuts, Government economic stimulus measures, unemployment including youth unemployment, Rising energy and water costs, Growth deals, rising insurance costs

FACTOR	POTENTIAL IMPACT ON SERVICE DELIVERY
Economic activity in the region	Stimulus activities, increasing in events, standards of presentation, parks and streetscape improvement.
Ability to attract workers and skills into the workforce	Capacity to provide services in the face of spiking job vacancy's
Rising water costs	Supplementing water recycling and reuse, reduction in irrigation Intensifying use or renewable energy and alternative fuels
Cost of carbon emissions	Demands to reducing the Councils carbon footprint
Growth deals	Managing stimulus programs, adapting to shifting priorities and projects
Opex budgets under cost pressure	Declining spend in proactive maintenance works, leading to an increase in unplanned reactive works and/or complaints
Cost reduction demands	Imperative to identify cost savings