Continued financial sustainability of the Council

  • £342m business rates total rateable value
  • 93.7% Council tax collection rate (23/24)
  • £5.3m investment income secured (23/24)
  • 4188 full-time equivalent employees in the Council (2024)
  • 13.4 days of staff sickness per full-time equivalents (23/24)
  • £11,111,652 spent on agency staff (23/24)
  • 455,612 transactions completed through self-service channels (23/24)
  • 97.1% of households with access to full fibre and/or gigabit internet (2024)
  • 2173 participated in the latest staff survey (that is, 40% of our employees) (October 2023)