Council Intelligence
Know what the council and local NHS are planning before you invest or bid: their market position, fee decisions, tenders, new schemes in the pipeline, national policy that will change the market, and how neighbouring councils compare.
Get the full picture
Read the plans
The council's Market Position Statement in plain English.
Follow the decisions
Fee rises, tenders, frameworks, budgets and inspections.
Look ahead
National policy over the next three years and what it means locally.
Compare neighbours
Fees, supply, occupancy and quality side by side with nearby councils.
What you get, page by page

What the council wants
What the council says it has too much and too little of, and what it wants to buy next, in its own words.
Kent report, What the council wants
Policy outlook
Wages, migration, council funding, the NHS and reform, with a timeline and what each change means for the area.
West Sussex report, Policy outlook
Local plans
Fee decisions, tenders and frameworks, budgets, inspections and new care homes in the pipeline.
Kent report, Local plans
Neighbouring councils
Key measures for the council and the councils around it, ordered by residential fee.
West Sussex report, Neighbouring councilsEvery figure sourced and dated
Built from CQC, ONS, DHSC, NHS England, Companies House and council publications, refreshed every quarter.
- Market Position Statement summary
- Council fee decision
- Tenders and frameworks
- Budget and inspection
- Care home pipeline
- National policy timeline
- Neighbouring councils compared
- SWOT by sector
Made for the decision in front of you
Providers bidding for council work
Know what the council will buy and how it pays before you bid.
Developers
Check that what you plan to build is what the council wants.
Investors
Understand the policy and funding risks behind the numbers.
One report, six kinds of intelligence
All six in one full market report
£295 + VAT per council, or £195 + VAT for a report on care homes, nursing homes or home care.