The Executive Director Assurance and Public Protection approved recommendations on 27/04/2026. This included creating a part-time Trading Standards Support Officer, awarding a contract to One Eighty (180) Advisory Limited, approving spend for CCTV resilience, setting up Forvis Mazars LLP, KPMG LLP, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for internal audit services, establishing an A&PP Contracts Officer role, appointing Public Analysts, renewing the CCTV maintenance contract with DSSL Group Ltd, creating a Counter Fraud and Trading Standards Manager role, authorising recruitment to the Food Safety Team, and re-grading and renaming the "Community Safety MARAC and Technical Support Co-ordinator" post.