B - East Renfrewshire Council

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Bed and breakfast
- Hotels and accommodation
  Why not stay a while in East Renfrewshire - with a range of accommodation on offer, From Quality Assured country hotels to B&Bs, there's bound to be somewhere that will suit your needs!
Benefits advice services
- Benefits
  Helpful advice and information about benefit entitlement.
- Children and Family Benefits
  Information on child benefit, child tax credit and maternity/paternity allowances.
- Employment and job seeker benefits
  Benefits to help you get back into work.
- Housing benefit
  Information on what is housing benefit, how to apply for it and what evidence you need to bring along.
Bereavement
- Bereavement - advice and support
  These pages link you to bereavement advice organisations that can help you during this difficult time.
- Registering a death
  Information on how to register a death and where you can do this
- Registering a stillbirth
  These pages tell you who can register a still birth , where to go to do this and what you will need to bring along.
Best value
- Agendas, reports and minutes
  From this page you can access agendas reports and minutes for the council and all its committees.
- Benchmarking
  News - Launch of National Benchmarking Project: The Chief Executives' society SOLACE, COSLA and the Improvement Service (IS) have developed a set of benchmarking indicators for councils to support service improvement. This project was launched at the COSLA conference on 7th March. Local information on the indicator set can be found in the related documents section on this webpage.
- Best value
  All public sector organisations have a legal duty to ensure Best Value in the delivery of services. We have to ensure we are continuously seeking opportunities to improve our services, balancing cost and quality as well as being responsive to local people's needs.
- Customer Results
  We want to make sure our customers receive a high level of service and are satisfied with the services we deliver.
- Measuring our efficiency
  We want to ensure we make the best use of all resources available to us.
- Our service standards, what to expect
  Information on our performance and standards of customer service
- People (employee) Results
  We want to ensure that our employees have the skills and tools to be able to deliver on agreed outcomes and that our managers can respond to any workforce change that arise to support the budget process.
- Public Service Excellence
  Our Public Service Excellence programme focuses on improving services and being more efficient in everything we do.
Bins, rubbish and waste
- Brown bin (garden and food)
  Brown bins are emptied weekly and accept all cooked and uncooked food and garden waste. This is a year round service.
- Litter, fly tipping and graffiti
  Information about how to report fly-tipping, graffiti, litter and street cleaning services
- Recycling Centres
  Locations and opening hours of recycling centres where you can take household waste for recycling
- Request a bulky uplift or dump unwanted items
  Bulky household goods, such as mattresses, suites, beds and white goods such as fridges, freezers and washing machines can be uplifted on request.
- When do the bins get collected?
  Information on replacement bins and collection times.
- White bag (paper) blue box (glass/cans) green bag (plastic)
  Information on the collection of paper, glass, cans and plastic
Birth
- Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships
  These pages tell you about registration of birth death marriage and civic partnerships.
- Registering a birth
  These pages tell you who can register a birth , where to go to do this and what you will need to bring along.
- Tell Us Once
  A service to allow sharing of information between council departments and other organisations in the event of a birth or death
Building regulations
- Apply for a Letter of Comfort
  Information on when you require a letter of comfort and how to apply
- Applying for a Building Warrant
  You can now pay online for our Building Standards Service
- Online Building Standards Information
  Search for building warrant applications and access the building standards register
- Site Inspections and Notifications
  Required Inspections for Building Works
Burials
- Cemeteries and burials
  Information on the location of cemeteries, opening hours and who to contact for more information on burials
- Bereavement - advice and support
  These pages link you to bereavement advice organisations that can help you during this difficult time.
Bus passes
- Disabled person's National Entitlement Card
  The National Entitlement Card offers a Scotland wide free bus and discounted travel scheme for many disabled people.
- Older person's National Entitlement Card
  The National Entitlement Card offers a Scotland wide free bus and discounted travel scheme for people who are 60 years and over
- Young person's National Entitlement Card
  This card is available for young people aged 11 to 26 and can be used for library membership, cashless catering, Young Scot PASS (providing proof of age) and discounts including travel
Bus timetables
- Public Transport Information
  Public transport is an affordable, convenient and reliable means of getting around, both locally and further a field. Public transport information can be located from a number of sources detailed below.
Buses
- Public Transport
  Although the Council does not run any bus or train services, we have a big role to play in improving infrastructure and encouraging residents to use public transport.
- Public Transport Information
  Public transport is an affordable, convenient and reliable means of getting around, both locally and further a field. Public transport information can be located from a number of sources detailed below.
Business advice services
- Advice leaflets for traders
  Our tailored service enables you to generate advice leaflets for your business to help you comply with Trading Standards obligations.
- Business advice and support
  Business support is provided through the economic development team and the local Business Gateway.
- Business Directory
  Our Business Directory helps you to find businesses in the East Renfrewshire area
- Business grants and loans
  Information on business grants and loans
- Business Resources
  A guide to council services for local businesses
- Financial information and support
  Financial advice is available from the economic development team
- Funding Opportunities
  Find a grant using the fund search tools
- Third Sector Business
  Information on third sector business
Business opportunities
- A place to invest
  East Renfrewshire is one of Scotland's best places to invest.
- Business Improvement Districts
  Information on Business Improvement Districts (BID)
- Business Resources
  A guide to council services for local businesses
- Economy report
  The economy report provides local economic intelligence on a monthly basis.

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