Rushcliffe Borough Council is officially one of the top councils in the UK. The Council was rated as ‘Excellent' with a top score of 4 in the nationwide organisational assessment which was the major part of the Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) in 2009. Rushcliffe was one of only four district councils to be given this top grading out of 236 councils nationally.

Leicestershire County Council's aim is to make Leicestershire the best place in which to live and work - by listening and acting on local people's views, leading partnership activity and delivering great public services that offer outstanding value for money.

Northamptonshire Area Procurement Service (NAPS) is a shared procurement team established in November 2008 between six borough and district councils and hosted by Northampton Borough Council.

The strategic alliance of High Peak Borough Council and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and the sharing of its services, including an Equality & Diversity Policy Officer, has already begun to generate savings and increase efficiency in just under a year.