A brave new world is beckoning for many councils – the world of commercialisation.
A world where councils buy shopping centres and office blocks, build houses for sale and create trading companies to sell services. A world designed to generate profitable revenue returns and capital appreciation on investment to support their core businesses as community leaders and the providers/enablers of mandatory and discretionary services.
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