I have been working with Katherine Vickery of Dorset Lettings Ltd to reduce their business expenses. As with many small business owners, Katherine finds it difficult to find the time to analyse bills and make informed price comparisons and this is one of the reasons she engaged me. I was delighted to receive this testimonial [...]
Target Housing is a South Yorkshire based charity which has been providing accommodation and support to homeless and vulnerable people for over 21 years.
Target Housing is a South Yorkshire based charity which has been providing accommodation and support to homeless and vulnerable people for over 21 years.
Two stories on www.energylivenews.com caught my eye today. Firstly, uSwitchforBusiness.com reports that UK businesses have, on average, suffered a 6.19% drop in turnover over the last 12 months but over the same period their energy costs have leapt up from 0.3% to 0.51% of turnover. That’s a 70% increase and a serious threat to profitability. [...]
Auditel, the UK’s premier cost and purchase management consultancy, generate savings for organisations over an enormous range of businesses expenditures. Last month, they added yet another opportunity to reduce both cost and energy – LED lamps. The quality and performance of LED replacement lamps has come a long way in the last few years. [...]
I have got the following savings on water for clients recently: 1) £600 per year by identifying a faulty cistern in a gents toilet for a client and getting it repaired 2) £400 in a leakage allowance for a client with a leak on their incoming pipe. 3) £800 a year on surface drainage from [...]
I was delighted to find a 20% saving on electricity charges for an Accountancy Practice recently. They are really pleased, as not long ago they had moved to a supplier that they thought was giving them a great deal. Since then they have started referring me into some of their clients, so it’s a ‘win-win’ [...]
In September 2010, Financial Director magazine stated: “Waxing lyrical on building an economic recovery is all very well, but there is a growing belief that 2013 will be the year a second recession kicks in. Which is why cost cutting is not about to go away, a well-worn topic though it is.” Now this situation [...]
Do you want to find a way of generating cash to invest in innovation and increasing your competitive advantage? You can easily achieve this through indirect procurement outsourcing. Indirect procurement outsourcing Indirect spend typically makes up 30% to 60% of the average company’s overheads. Now consider a company with a 10% net profit margin before [...]
Improving cost efficiency in businesses Why energy efficiency? Putting energy prices and the environment at the top of your agenda is a smart environmental and business practice. Reducing energy consumption will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating, manufacturing and consumption costs. Action plan Set a company energy policy – by making energy efficiency [...]