commercialisation in local authority planning

摘要

As a growing number of local authorities are facing up to funding challenges, so they are having to look to commercialise services in order to increase revenue and balance their budgets, as part of moves towards financial self-sufficiency. Civica, for example, the services and outsourcing company, has claimed that 'commercialisation is going to be one of the most important priorities for local authorities over the next decade'. In a similar vein, Carr, writing for Localis, the neo-liberal not-for-profit think-tank, suggested that 'one of the key ways' local government can secure its finances is to allow 'councils to earn their own way by acting more commercially where they can'.