To approve admitting Lincolnshire County Council as a 3% shareholder of Hoople Limited.

Hoople Limited (“Hoople”) has identified a commercial opportunity for the provision of a number of "back office" services including finance and payroll; HR administration, and customer service centre to Lincolnshire County Council through the Business World, providing resilience and increased knowledge.

Hoople is a company that benefits from the exemption under Regulation 12 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR). This exemption would facilitate a relatively straightforward contract enabling shareholders to trade directly with Hoople.  To allow Lincolnshire County Council to benefit from the services of Hoople, it is proposed that the existing shareholders pass a resolution granting authorisation to the Directors of Hoople for Lincolnshire County Council to be admitted as a new shareholder to the shareholding of Hoople. It is proposed that Lincolnshire County Council would have a 3% shareholding.