Commercial benefits are just the tip of the iceberg

UK Local Government November 2007


South Bedfordshire	1
Mid Bedfordshire	2
Herefordshire	3
Adur	3
Wrexham	5
Gedling	6
Melton	7
Elmbridge	8
North Down	9
Belfast	10
Tynedale	11
Thurrock	12
Easington	13
East Renfrewshire	14
Stockton-on-Tees	15
South Norfolk	15
Thanet	17
Hastings	18
Surrey	19
Shepway	20
Bristol	21
North Warwickshire	22
Hambleton	22
Derbyshire	24
Wyre	25
Restormel	26
Hounslow	27
Oldham	28
Portsmouth	29
Staffordshire	30
Southampton	31
Redbridge	32
Stroud	33
Rhondda Cynon Taff	33
Stratford-on-Avon	35
Argyll & Bute	36
Barking & Dagenham	37
South Tyneside	37
Lewes	39
Merton	40
Nottinghamshire	41
Aylesbury Vale	42
North East Derbyshire	43
Vale of Glamorgan	44
Liverpool	45
Angus	46
Charnwood	47
Essex	48
Hammersmith & Fulham	49
Knowsley	50
Hyndburn	51
Broxtowe	52
Shetland Islands	53
Milton Keynes	54
Bracknell Forest	55
Wolverhampton	56
Eastleigh	57
Waverley	58
Shrewsbury & Atcham	59
Camden	60
Wigan	60
North Devon	62
Tonbridge and Malling	63
Woking	64
Broxbourne	65
Oswestry	66
East Staffordshire	67
Salford	68
Richmond upon Thames	69
South Bucks	70
South Kesteven	71
Runnymede	72
Neath Port Talbot	73
Teignbridge	74
Barrow-in-Furness	75
New Forest	76
East Dunbartonshire	77
Wirral	78
Allerdale	79
Down	80
Hertfordshire	81
Calderdale	82
Wakefield	83
Broadland	84
West Dorset	85
South Ribble	86
Chester	87
East Ayrshire	88
Durham City	89
Taunton Deane	90
Mid Sussex	91
Walsall	92
South Shropshire	93
Stafford	94
High Peak	95
Caradon	96
North Cornwall	97
Trafford	97
Canterbury	99
Rossendale	100
North Lincolnshire	101
North Norfolk	102
Eden	103
Wandsworth	104
Isles of Scilly	105
Havering	106
Coventry	107
Dover	108
Erewash	109
Rutland	110
Slough	111
South Staffordshire	111
Newark and Sherwood	113
Surrey Heath	114
Kettering	115
Exeter	116
Hinckley & Bosworth	117
Scottish Borders	118
Oxford	119
Ribble Valley	120
Wear Valley	121
Spelthorne	122
Northumberland	123
Rotherham	124
Kensington & Chelsea	125
Worcester City Council	126
Leicestershire	127
Warwick	128
Renfrewshire	129
Bridgnorth	130
Wansbeck	131
Tendring	132
Buckinghamshire	133
Stirling	134
Cookstown	134
Aberdeenshire	136
Horsham	137
Wellingborough	137
Strabane	139
North Shropshire	140
Bath & North East Somerset	141
Mid Suffolk	142
Congleton	143
Colchester	144
Winchester	145
Sunderland	146
Gwynedd	147
Dartford	148
Bedfordshire	149
Tameside	150
South Somerset	151
East Hertfordshire	152
Wycombe	153
Chiltern	154
Banbridge	155
East Northamptonshire	156
St Helens	157
Harrow	158
Dundee	159
Eastbourne	160
Chichester	161
Dungannon	162
Falkirk	163
Luton	164
Chelmsford	165
Staffordshire Moorlands	166
Bedford	167
Hartlepool	167
Rochford	169
Carrick	170
Hillingdon	171
Haringey	172
Wychavon	173
Redcar and Cleveland	174
Stockport	175
Pendle	176
South Cambridgeshire	177
East Devon	178
Lancaster	179
South Ayrshire	179
Cheshire	181
East Cambridgeshire	182
North Dorset	183
Moyle	184
Lichfield	185
Larne	185
States of Jersey	187
South Lakeland	188
Highland	189
Sedgemoor	190
Rugby	191
Gloucestershire	192
Tamworth	193
Windsor and Maidenhead	194
Shropshire	195
Kirklees	196
North Lanarkshire	197
Worthing	198
Breckland	199
Dacorum	200
Poole	201
Peterborough	202
Northampton	203
Weymouth & Portland	204
Lambeth	205
South Derbyshire	206
South Holland	207
Lincoln	208
Wiltshire	208
Ellesmere Port & Neston	208
Gosport	211
North Hertfordshire	212
Vale Royal	213
Suffolk Coastal	214
Ealing	215
Limavady	216
St Albans	216
Solihull	218
Bromsgrove	219
Purbeck	220
Mendip	221
Lancashire	222
Penwith	223
Macclesfield	223
Alnwick	225
Fife	226
North West Leicestershire	227
Redditch	228
North Yorkshire	229
Ashford	230
Harlow	230
West Oxfordshire	232
Waveney	233
North Kesteven	234
Isle of Anglesey	235
West Somerset	236
Braintree	237
Sefton	237
Cherwell	239
Bexley	240
Crawley	241
Swindon	242
Tandridge	243
Enfield	244
West Dunbartonshire	245
Malvern Hills	246
Scarborough	247
Reigate and Banstead	248
Cannock Chase	249
Isle of Wight	250
Gloucester	251
Hackney	252
Worcestershire	253
Blaenau Gwent	254
Crewe and Nantwich	255
Derwentside	256
Bradford	257
Westminster	258
Coleraine	259
York	260
Ceredigion	261
South Northamptonshire	262
Conwy	263
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	264
West Lindsey	265
Bassetlaw	266
Harborough	267
Harrogate	268
Hampshire	269
Kerrier	270
Hart	271
North Somerset	272
Lewisham	273
Ballymena	274
East Riding of Yorkshire	275
Newcastle upon Tyne	276
Wokingham	277
Lisburn	278
London Mayor	279
Derbyshire Dales	280
Denbighshire	281
Sutton	282
Omagh	283
Amber Valley	284
Inverclyde	285
Uttlesford	286
Forest Heath	287
Wealden	288
Test Valley	289
Derby	290
Ards	291
Durham	292
Perth & Kinross	293
Medway	294
Barnet	295
Castle Morpeth	296
Salisbury	297
Chesterfield	298
Oxfordshire	299
Craigavon	300
Vale of White Horse	300
Berwick-Upon-Tweed	302
Cardiff	303
Oadby & Wigston	304
Brighton and Hove	305
Sevenoaks	306
Nuneaton & Bedworth	306
Darlington	308
Chester-le-Street	309
Newry and Mourne	309
Teesdale	311
Tunbridge Wells	312
City of London	313
Burnley	314
Manchester	314
North Wiltshire	316
Preston	317
Ipswich	318
Gateshead	319
Suffolk	320
Great Yarmouth	321
Tewkesbury	321
West Wiltshire	323
Brentwood	324
Maidstone	325
Antrim	326
North Tyneside	327
Epping Forest	328
Mid Devon	329
Kingston upon Hull	330
Norfolk	331
Three Rivers	332
Richmondshire	333
Chorley	334
Newport	335
Fenland	336
Kent	337
Torfaen	338
King's Lynn & West Norfolk	338
Cornwall	338
Cambridgeshire	341
Somerset	342
South Hams	343
Carrickfergus	344
West Lothian	345
North Ayrshire	346
Moray	347
Glasgow	348
Swansea	348
Blackpool	350
Lincolnshire	351
West Berkshire	352
Kennet	353
Fylde	353
Rother	355
Havant	356
Croydon	357
Huntingdonshire	358
Mansfield	359
St Edmundsbury	360
Blaby	361
Bolsover	362
Telford & Wrekin	363
Edinburgh	364
Maldon	365
Blyth Valley	366
Fermanagh	367
Reading	367
Derry	369
Northamptonshire	370
Basildon	371
East Lindsey	372
Castle Point	373
Ashfield	374
Powys	375
Dumfries and Galloway	376
Forest of Dean	377
Sedgefield	378
West Lancashire	379
Magherafelt	380
Warrington	381
Warwickshire	382
Southend-on-Sea	383
East Lothian	384
West Sussex	385
Brent	386
Leicester	387
Cambridge	388
Carlisle	389
Armagh	390
Flintshire	390
Stoke-on-Trent	392
Sheffield	393
Nottingham	394
Waltham Forest	395
Basingstoke & Deane	396
Devon	397
Newham	398
Greenwich	399
Swale	400
Norwich	401
Tower Hamlets	402
Newcastle-under-Lyme	403
Ryedale	403
East Hampshire	405
Plymouth	406
Arun	407
Babergh	408
Stevenage	409
Southwark	410
Cheltenham	411
Torbay	412
Corby	413
Aberdeen	414
Barnsley	415
Torridge	416
Cumbria	416
Welwyn Hatfield	418
South Gloucestershire	419
Dudley	420
Caerphilly	421
Pembrokeshire	422
Epsom & Ewell	423
Rushmoor	424
Wyre Forest	425
Boston	426
Leeds	427
Bridgend	427
Bolton	429
Kingston upon Thames	430
Orkney	431
Middlesbrough	432
West Devon	433
Halton	434
Watford	435
East Sussex	436
South Oxfordshire	437
Islington	437
North East Lincolnshire	439
Birmingham	440
Midlothian	441
Blackburn with Darwen	442
Bury	443
Sandwell	444
Rushcliffe	445
Craven	446
Doncaster	447
Newtownabbey	448
Monmouthshire	449
Castlereagh	450
Carmarthenshire	451
Copeland	452
Merthyr Tydfil	453
Hertsmere	454
Mole Valley	455
Gravesham	456
Bromley	457
Daventry	458
Bournemouth	459
Selby	460
Cotswold	461
Guildford	462
Ballymoney	463

Changes in rank are compared to October 2007 (UK Local Government). Since then, 1 site entered the survey and 3 sites could not be included in the rankings (1 fewer since last time).

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