Auditel Consultant:
Chris Bourke

Record Telephone Call Savings for Milton Keynes Firm

22 Sep 2009 | Filed under: Cost Management

It’s always a great feeling to be referred into a company based on work done for someone else. It’s an even better feeling to then carry out work for that new client and save them thousands of pounds! I’m absolutely sure the vast majority of businesses in the UK are paying much more than they [...]

Industry Tags: Business Costs, cost reduction, Telecom

£22,000 saved for British Manufacturer

11 Sep 2009 | Filed under: Cost Management

Finding savings is very rewarding but some days I get results that make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck! Last week I managed to get a saving of 22% on the Electricity costs of a manufacturing client of mine. Getting that sort of saving on a large usage is particularly enjoyable [...]

Industry Tags: Business Costs, cost reduction, electricity costs

Don’t call centers drive you mad……

02 Mar 2009 | Filed under: Supplier Management

I was sorting out a gas contract for one of my clients last week and needed to confirm their current supplier got the termination notice as I’d found them a 35% saving elsewhere. Without thinking I rang the number on the last bill and got through to (one of) the suppliers call centers. No they [...]

Industry Tags: Business Costs, Business expenses, cost reduction

How to genuinely improve profitability without risk

18 Feb 2009 | Filed under: Cost Management

With the biggest recession since World War II in progress, decision-makers in organisations throughout the economy, be they business or not for profit, can no longer afford to wait and see how things turn out. Action is required and focusing on costs is absolutely critical to surviving the downturn. But where are the resources available [...]

Industry Tags: Business Costs, Business expenses, cost reduction

We’d all like increased profits, but did you realise…?

20 Oct 2008 | Filed under: Cost Management

If your net margin is 20% and you want to increase your profits by £20,000 you would need to increase sales by £100,000; a tough challenge at any time, but particularly so in today’s economic climate. Or you could do it the easy way by reducing costs by £20,000. The problem is that to achieve [...]

Industry Tags: cost reduction