Card scheme ‘on course’ for £70m savings target_2
17 August 2012
The government procurement card (GPC) scheme has made steady progress over the past year, but there is still a long way to go to achieve annual savings of £70 million by 2002, according to a new report.
Consultancy KPMG’s third annual review of the scheme, GPC - The Future, found that £9.6 million had been saved in the three years since it was started - a rise of 295 per cent on last year’s £3.7 million.
“The programme has clearly gained momentum,” said the report, although it pointed out that savings were only 14 per cent of the target of £70 million the...