Queen’s Buildings ACCOMMODATION PROJECT: PHASE ONE “I wanted to write to you as part of my accountability as Chief Executive, as I think you should know how well we have all done at Bassetlaw to support local people and businesses in the last 12 months and how we are planning to keep up the good work over the next 12 months.”
Bassetlaw District Council has a significant complex of easily accessible buildings in Worksop Town Centre that provide a focal point for public services in Worksop. However, as the Council has down sized considerably over the last few years and with the former ‘NCC wing’ largely unoccupied, the Council has taken this opportunity to review its office accommodation provision. At the same time there is a real need for the Council and its partners to substantially reduce our base budgets over the next 2-3 years. The accommodation review has looked at
whether Queen’s Buildings can be better utilised and whether it can accommodate other public service providers. So what’s happening at Queen’s Buildings? As many of you will know, the Council has now agreed a deal with the Department of Work and Pensions that will see the Worksop Job Centre relocate to the ground floor of Queen’s Buildings by 1st April 2015. Not only will this create a public sector hub that benefits local residents, it is also worth £107,000 a year to the Council, the equivalent of around four and a half jobs.