Savings target in danger from card ‘complacency’_3
18 July 2012
Use of the purchasing card by civil servants may not reach its final savings target despite its success so far, the government has been warned.
In the fourth annual report on the card’s performance, consultancy KPMG noted that the target for 2000-01 was exceeded by 7.5 per cent, to reach £161 million-worth of transactions.
However, KPMG noted that although card use had grown by 180 per cent, this was down from 295 per cent the previous year. This could indicate that civil servants are using the card...