Finding alternative ways of delivering or funding services has been at the heart of local government for several years. Our commercial vision at Essex is to be an innovative council, increasing our alternative sources of income to invest in our priorities. Driving up profitable income in existing and new enterprises is what we strive to achieve.

Central to this approach is our dedicated commercial team, which consists of people across the organisation including finance, transformation and marketing. Their primary objective is to lead and support service areas to identify and deliver income over the short, medium and long term.