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Our partnership with inBest.ai

Better policy decisions, powered by better evidence.

Visionary Network and inBest.ai combine specialist public service expertise with practical data analytics, helping councils understand the financial, operational and resident impact of the choices before them.

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A complementary partnership

Policy expertise and analytical capability in one joined up offer.

Visionary Network brings decades of experience in Council Tax, Council Tax Reduction, welfare support, consultation, policy writing and practical implementation. inBest.ai provides the modelling and analytics capability needed to test options using real administrative data and understand their effects at pace.

Together, we help councils move from a broad policy intention to an evidence led, affordable and deliverable scheme. Officers and members can see the trade-offs clearly, refine options and make decisions with greater confidence.

What each partner brings

Different strengths, working as one team.

The partnership is designed around the decision a council needs to make, not around a predetermined product.

Visionary Network

Policy, people and delivery

  • CTR design, harmonisation and plain English rewriting
  • Revenues and Benefits operational expertise
  • Consultation, equality analysis and member engagement
  • Implementation planning, governance and service change
  • Independent challenge grounded in public value
inBest.ai

Data, modelling and insight

  • Administrative data analysis and option modelling
  • Household, geography and cohort level impact insight
  • Benefits calculation and income maximisation capability
  • Targeted campaign design and outcome monitoring
  • Clear evidence to support transparent decisions

Where we work together

Support across the whole decision journey.

Councils can bring us in for a complete programme or for the specific stages where additional capacity and assurance are most valuable.

CTR design and harmonisation

Model alternative schemes, compare costs and household impacts, consult effectively and create an implementable policy.

Significant Council Tax increases

Understand net yield, collection risk, resident affordability and wider service pressures, then design proportionate mitigation.

Crisis Resilience Fund support

Use administrative data to identify need, target support, coordinate delivery and measure whether help reaches the intended households.

Income maximisation and take-up

Identify residents who may be missing financial support, build effective journeys and monitor engagement and outcomes.

What councils receive

Evidence that leads to a practical decision.

The precise outputs depend on the commission, but our shared approach gives councils a clear line from data and policy choices to consultation, approval and implementation.

Tested optionsFinancial, household and operational impacts made visible.
Defensible decisionsConsultation, equality and governance evidence brought together.
Implementation readyClear recommendations, scheme documents and delivery planning.

Independent by design

Technology supports the judgement, it does not replace it.

Visionary Network remains an independent, not-for-profit and service agnostic consultancy. We work with inBest.ai where its capability adds clear value, while keeping the council’s objectives, evidence and residents at the centre of every recommendation.

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Start with the decision

Tell us what your council needs to understand or change.

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