Council leaders
13 September 2012
Procurement is gaining a high profile among English councils as the government pushes for huge efficiency savings by 2008. Mark Smulian examines how last year's four top-performing local authorities did it
Local authority procurement officers are in the eye of the efficiency savings storm that is sweeping through councils. Procurement is seen by senior management and council leaders as a relatively painless way to help achieve the £6.45 billion efficiency savings that the government has told English councils to make collectively by 2008 - savings that can be reinvested...