BT orders staff not to visit suppliers_2
3 April 2012
Managers at BT have been told not to travel to meetings with suppliers in a crackdown on expenses.
An e-mail sent to staff from the BT management board stated that “non-payroll costs” must be reduced. “We have been asked to implement measures as the first step to improving our competitiveness,” it said.
Apart from banning visits to suppliers, the measures stop staff using UK and overseas air travel, first-class rail travel, and overnight hotel accommodation...