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An energy review could save your company money and support your business in positive strategic change

Businesses generate approximately one quarter of all waste in England. Disposing of business waste is an essential element of your operations and while finding commercial waste solutions may not initially be on the top of your list, it certainly pays to carefully consider your options in this area.

With the Chancellor announcing business rates relief to support small retailers once again this topic has hit the headlines. But it’s not just retailers who are being challenged by their rates bills in ever changing markets.

New technologies and methods of connecting with potential customers has seen the likes of Deliveroo, Airbnb, Slack, Instagram, Waze and so on make massive inroads into established markets, changing the way those markets operate forever.

Increasingly we see companies with skilled procurement teams leading significant transformation, innovation and results across their organisation.

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is an extremely effective way of reducing costs and accelerating business growth.

In 2012 CEBR calculated that UK businesses lose around £9 million per hour* through poor negotiating.

If you are a Director of a UK business over a certain size you will be well aware of the new obligations on payment practices reporting.

eSourcing technology has been around for years but many companies who would benefit greatly from implementing an eProcurement strategy are still not embracing the tools. We take a brief look at the benefits and some of the perceptions in the marketplace that may be limiting the uptake of this technology.

Effective management of your employee wellbeing is essential to the health of your staff and will help keep your business healthy too.

Telecoms is one of the top 10 indirect costs for many businesses and unsurprisingly a category where PEPCO’s expert consulting team are often brought in to support clients with their procurement process.

The energy market is always on the move, with businesses and consumers constantly being bombarded by a perplexing array of information and jargon.

What is R&D Tax Credit? Research and Development tax credit is a government tax relief which supports innovation in business. This covers creating new products, processes or services.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a binding act which becomes enforceable as of 25th May 2018. It is a single set of unified regulations across the EU.

A recent report by Juniper Research predicts cybercrime will cost businesses over £2 trillion by 2019, almost four times the cost of security breaches this year. With this startling figure in mind we’d like to pose a question: Where is your CISO?

Business travel spend looks set to grow according to the latest research carried out by Lockport Analytics on behalf of the Global Business Travel Association. They predict growth of 6% or more in 2018. Opinion is that this marks the end of a period of uncertainty and also indicates a renewed optimism by corporates, attributed to a number of positive developments in global markets.

With new regulations and changes to government policy around vehicles fleet managers are having to work harder than ever to ensure that both company car policy and driver behaviour is in line with current legislation.

The UK and US governments are now banning certain electronic items in hand luggage on flights from various countries in and around the middle east. Make sure your employees are aware of the changes to avoid having their tech confiscated at airport security, potentially a disaster for business travellers.

Could you be saving on your business water supply? With the recent changes in the water market businesses in England may now be able to reduce costs and get a better service by switching supplier.

Juliet Turnbull of 2to3days.com is on a mission. A mission to connect enlightened employers who understand the value of hiring a smart, ambitious mother on flexible terms with this hidden, but incredibly capable and committed, workforce.

With Amazon UK’s recent emergence into the B2B stationery market we have taken the opportunity to compare PEPCO’s supplier Lyreco with the online retailer to see how they stack up.

“Education is what you get from reading the small print; experience is what you get from not reading it.”

PEPCO Services LLP has introduced a shared service model which brings world class e-sourcing technology to the mid market. A number of leading mid market portfolio companies are already using the PEPCO service with great success and realising the benefits of procurement technology usually only enjoyed by global organisations.

Reducing fleet costs is a constant challenge for commercial fleet managers and remains their no. 1 priority.

Due to its specialist and complex nature the procurement of legal services is challenging at best for organisations. Even if companies are aware of the broad range of legal services available to them they may not necessarily know where to get the best advice in each instance nor how to effectively negotiate rates or obtain volume discounts or structured fees.