Agenda Reports Pack (Public) 15/10/2012, 19.00 - Meetings ...

this service will be lost from the area.,Business ownersAlthough there is a higher representation of women than men in the ward, womenare underrepresented in the number of business owners and workers. Specialistbusiness advice will aim to increase the representation of women in localbusinesses. Mitigation measures will include:HH-+1. Specialist business advice will aim to increase the representation of womenin local businesses.2. Additional security measures.3. The council will support the developer in seeking to ensure nodisproportionate reduction in the percentage of women entrepreneurs andemployees within the Market.Page 142It is identified that there are a number of female business owners and workers.Specialist business advice will be made available to these businesses to assist onissues such as business relocation. The business continuity fund will minimise anyimpact on business trade during the construction period.Those business owners whose premises would be subject to CPO would benegatively impacted and this would not help to advance equality of opportunity orfoster good relations between men and women. It would also not be an action thatwould unlawfully discriminate. It should be noted that business owners affected areagainst redevelopment in this area. Those affected would be able to appeal to theSecretary of State. They would also be compensated in accordance with theCompensation Code. The relevant section of the Cabinet Report is paragraph 5.10HH+-Stall ownersThe Council has prepared draft Statement of Intent and a Policy on Relocation(annexed to the draft Statement of Reasons) which sets out how the Council willdeal with stall holders and where they can be relocated to, should it be necessary touse CPO powers to progress the redevelopment. It is likely that the stall owners willbe from many of the protected groups and that they will be male and female, assuch, this will be of high relevance to sex. In this case, CPO of the stalls would be ofhigh relevance to sex and may not help to foster good relations between men andH-Tool and Guidance updated for new PSED from 05.04.2011