Members were reminded that Officers were requested to conduct a Council wide review of subscriptions and memberships with a view to ascertaining which were essential i.e. legally required or of vital business need and which were non-essential.

Heads of Service had reviewed their own departments and produced business reasons for each subscription/membership and  lists of those considered  non-essential and essential were before Members.

Subscriptions and memberships considered to be non-essential by officers were recommended for cancellation.

Cllr Aspinell MOVED and Cllr Lloyd SECONDED the recommendations in the report and following a discussion it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

1.   Members agree to cancel all subscriptions and memberships considered non-essential producing an annual saving of £7,680 as shown in Appendix A.

2.   Members agree that officers identify any further subscriptions and memberships for deletion.

3.   Members agree to maintain all subscriptions and memberships considered essential by officers at an ongoing cost of £82,587.39 annually as shown in Appendix B.

4.   Members agree that officers be requested to review the subscriptions and memberships list on an annual basis.