Issue - meetings

(1)      note the Fair Tax Mark accreditation application process as detailed at paragraph 3.3 and the current monitoring processes of existing exclusion criteria detailed in paragraph 3.8 of the report;

(2)      instruct the Chief Officer - Commercial & Procurement Services to insert clauses into the Council’s formal tender documentation that actively promote to all bidders the application for Fair Tax Mark accreditation;

(3)      to note that the Chief Officer – Commercial and Procurement Services would circulate the response from the Federation of Small Businesses regarding their view of the Fair Tax Mark to members of the Committee and Councillor Thomson.