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NEXUS generates over £1M in additional revenue for South East Council

October 22, 2021

This blog looks at NEXUS the missing property locator, one year on and identifies the results it is achieving for Councils like Kent...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: missing property locator, rates maximisation, RV finder

Equipping your Revenues team to tackle the challenges in the year ahead

May 31, 2021

This blog looks at the challenges facing Councils in 2021, focussing on the new Breathing Space legislation, issues around grant and discount schemes and how best to optimise staff resources...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: breathing space, expanded retail discount, single view of debt

Budget 2021 Update – validating expanded retail discounts and identifying linked companies

March 9, 2021

With cash caps being applied to the final 9 months of the expanded retail discounts announced in the 2021 budget and them being applied at a Group company level, Local Authorities will need to be able to effectively validate relief entitlements. Our latest blog explains how this can be done...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: COVID retail relief, retail discount

How to effectively manage Breathing Space in your Authority

February 26, 2021

The Breathing Space (debt respite) scheme is due to come into force on May 4th 2021 with the aim of encouraging people in financial difficulty to get access to independent, professional advice as well as have a moratorium put on their debt for a limited time period. This blog looks at what Local Authorities should have in place to be able to effectively handle and process these cases...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: breathing space, breathing space management, debt respite scheme

Councils still relying heavily on manual processes to boost tax base

January 8, 2021

We share the results from our recent survey on activities employed by Local Authorities to maximise both their commercial and domestic tax base, with many still relying heavily on manual processes and procedures...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: tax base, taxbase, taxbase maximisation

Taxbase maximisation using remote property inspections technology

October 21, 2020

It’s not just new and empty homes that need to be closely monitored, commercial properties also need to be reviewed to ensure that current entitlements and discounts awarded to ratepayers are reflective of the ongoing changing circumstances. Keeping on top of Property Inspections in the current climate however will prove challenging for most Authorities and a key focus going forward will be on enabling Inspectors to work remotely whilst retaining access to the information that is essential to their role...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: property inspection, property inspections technology, property technology

Destin Solutions announce partnership with Wilks Head & Eve

September 8, 2020

We are delighted to have formed a new partnership with ratings and valuation experts Wilks Head & Eve to launch NEXUS Professional, a Valuer focused missing property identifier tool, with the most comprehensive group of land, property and rating datasets available on the market today...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: nexus, nexus professional, wilks head & eve

Balancing post-lockdown enforcement with debtor vulnerabilities

July 14, 2020

A new approach to council debt collection following the onslaught of COVID-19 needs to be considered to help vulnerable and low income debtors. Council tax is a key area where people are falling into arrears, working with a number of Local Authorities and Enforcement Agencies in this area, we have a solution to help tackle the issue...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: council tax debt, debt collection, post-covid enforcement

Validating COVID grant payments and bank account payment details

June 18, 2020

Fraudulent claims are being made for COVID grants, we provide a potential solution to tackle this growing issue...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: COVID grant checker, COVID grants, validating covid grants

Remote property inspections – a socially responsible way for councils to review properties

June 3, 2020

Our Local Authorities clients are increasingly asking us about technology solutions which help them protect staff by minimising or eliminating the requirement for them to be in the office. Our Aspire mobile property inspection solution is probably one of the best examples of this...

Posted By: Tracy

Tags: council property inspection, remote property inspections, virtual property inspection

Destin Blog

NEXUS generates over £1M in additional revenue for South East Council

Equipping your Revenues team to tackle the challenges in the year ahead

Budget 2021 Update – validating expanded retail discounts and identifying linked companies

How to effectively manage Breathing Space in your Authority

Councils still relying heavily on manual processes to boost tax base

Taxbase maximisation using remote property inspections technology

Destin Solutions announce partnership with Wilks Head & Eve

Balancing post-lockdown enforcement with debtor vulnerabilities

Validating COVID grant payments and bank account payment details

Remote property inspections – a socially responsible way for councils to review properties

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