Auditel Consultant:
Chris Bourke

Biggest Single Overhead Saving (so far)

17 Aug 2011 | Filed under: Cost Management

It has been an extraordinary day. I carried out an tender for a quite large user of electricity to see if I could find a better price than that offered by the supplier he’d used for years. The spread of prices was wider than I’ve usually seen and the saving turned out to be a [...]

Industry Tags: electricity costs

Merchant Card Savings for Restaurant Group

19 Jul 2011 | Filed under: Cost Management

One of the main pleasures of my Auditel business is being able to help customers find savings in a wide range of business costs categories. I’ve been delighted to be able to put in place savings of over 18% – worth thousands of pounds of extra profit – on merchant card costs for a family [...]

Industry Tags: Merchant Card Charges

14% Saving on Gas Costs for a Manufacturer in Buckinghamshire

26 Jul 2010 | Filed under: Cost Management

I’ve really enjoyed my work today. In particular I’ve carried out a gas supply contract tender for one of my favourite clients (they’re just nice, hard working people), which has saved them 14% on what they would be paying to keep their factory warm this coming winter. With this translating into getting on for £4,000 of savings they [...]

Industry Tags: Gas

The problem with New Year’s resolution’s

19 Jan 2010 | Filed under: Cost Management

Is making sure to take action. One way to do this is to outsource the ‘donkey-work’. It’s amazing how much help is out there once you start looking. For example, one of my objectives this year is to improve my time management. Low and behold I got an email today from a business coach I [...]

Industry Tags: Business Costs, Business expenses, cost reduction

47% Saving on Telephone Calls for High Wycombe Company

09 Dec 2009 | Filed under: Cost Management

Following an analysis of the telephone usage of a client in High Wycombe recently, I was delighted to find them a saving of 47% by moving to the best and most appropriate telecomms tariff for them. This is by no means an unusual event. If you know anyone who uses the telephone for their business [...]

Industry Tags: Telecom