Wednesday 31st October, 2012

Following on from our news in June, Richmondshire District Council has decided to pull the plug on its shared services arrangement with Hambleton District Council in a bid to save around £123,000 a year on shared senior management costs.

“When the shared arrangements with Hambleton changed we had the chance to completely review the way we worked, which included looking at what other council in north Yorkshire and Cumbria do,” said John Blackie, leader of Richmondshire council, following the separation of some existing services in June. “We strongly believe the structure we are recommending is by far the best one to take Richmondshire forward, by introducing the role of managing director with some high level operational responsibilities, leading a team of three senior directors.”

Tony Clark, currently the deputy chief executive, will be the MD with three directors reporting to him.