Many of the savings will be achieved by using modern technology more efficiently. Our proposed efficiencies The following proposals save money by cutting our own costs and getting ever more efficient. How we buy things Ref. Title Description 15-16 16-17 17-18 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 1a Reducing our We plan to re-tender 1,919 0 35 1,954 costs by contracts to reduce the retendering cost of services, contracts and including transport and changing the recycling. We also plan way we buy to change the way we things manage and pay for residential care beds. 1b Changing the We currently receive 1,150 0 0 1,150 way that we rebates and funding use our rebates from a number of our and funding partners and suppliers. sources We plan to increase our rebates and review what we do with this income to help increase the amount of money available for services. 1c Reduce costs We think we can save 612 795 100 1,507 by finding more money by combining cost effective licences for IT, laptops, IT and phones and printers; we business travel will also investigate options for cheaper options for car staff leasing and business mileage. 1d Reduce the We propose to reduce 1,550 1,000 3,000 5,550 cost of our the cost of running our buildings and buildings. We will also make full use spend less on external of our own venues by making facilities better use of our own facilities, such as fire stations and libraries.
Many of the savings will be achieved by using modern technology more efficiently. Our proposed efficiencies The following proposals save money by cutting our own costs and getting ever more efficient. How we buy things Ref. Title Description 15-16 £'000 16-17 £'000 17-18 £'000 £'000 1a Reducing our costs by retendering contracts and changing the way we buy things We plan to re-tender contracts to reduce the cost of services, including transport and recycling. We also plan to change the way we manage and pay for residential care beds. 1,919 0 35 1,954 1b Changing the way that we use our rebates and funding sources We currently receive rebates and funding from a number of our partners and suppliers. We plan to increase our rebates and review what we do with this income to help increase the amount of money available for services. 1,150 0 0 1,150 1c Reduce costs by finding more cost effective IT and business travel options for staff We think we can save money by combining licences for IT, laptops, phones and printers; we will also investigate cheaper options for car leasing and business mileage. 612 795 100 1,507 1d Reduce the cost of our buildings and make full use of our own facilities We propose to reduce the cost of running our buildings. We will also spend less on external venues by making better use of our own facilities, such as fire stations and libraries. 1,550 1,000 3,000 5,550
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