Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT) is a multi-academy trust with 17 academies across the Bradford area. Historically, when BDAT needed to recruit temporary staff, the academies used several agencies on varying terms and conditions. This made agency management difficult for BDAT, while the individual academies were not always getting the best value for money. At […]
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Crown Hosting provides significant cost savings and sustainability measures for the Ministry of Justice
The requirement Back in 2015 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) wanted to achieve greater savings over their previous hosting contracts, and take advantage of advances in technology. They also wanted to meet their green agenda targets by reducing the number of data centres they had following departmental mergers. The solution The ministry decided to move […]
Woodard Independent Schools save on print expenditure, reducing the costs by 35%
The requirement Prior to engaging Kyocera, each school managed their print needs without a collective strategy and were procuring the print solutions themselves or dealing with independent resellers. This approach meant that collectively Woodard Schools had limited oversight on what was being spent on printing and no visibility of how print devices were being used. […]
Special educational needs school saves over £53,000 on cleaning contract
The requirement Chiltern Wood School strives for ‘success through wellbeing’. A high standard of daily cleaning to enable its 200 pupils, who have varying complex needs and learning styles, to learn and play in a clean environment is essential to them. The school has bespoke cleaning requirements, including periodic deep cleaning, due to the range […]
Ministry of Justice saves £500,000 with our Payment Solutions framework
The Ministry of Justice, alongside their executive agency HMPPS (Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service), is responsible for the prison estate across England and Wales. This includes the provision of safe, secure and supportive prisons that reform offenders. The problem One aspect of this duty is ensuring that all publicly managed prisons in England & […]
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) implement extra cleaning measures amid the pandemic, to allow vital work to continue
The requirement HMCTS and MoJ carry out vital work throughout their court and tribunal buildings across the country. In order to enable this work to continue safely throughout the pandemic, they were required to enhance their cleaning measures, to ensure their buildings were COVID-secure. Their requirements included the implementation of a touchpoint cleaning service for […]
How our Technology Products and Associated Services framework helped Defra improve brand awareness
The requirement Defra was looking for software as a solution (SaaS) to replace their existing social media monitoring platform, as they had concerns about the reliability of the data, breadth and depth of analytical capability and lack of support. The department wanted to improve their social media strategy and was looking for: a better understanding […]
Procurement card solution delivers greater efficiency for Walsall Council
A review of their existing purchasing card service led Walsall Council to transfer to Lloyds Bank, through our Payment Solutions commercial agreement, in a bid to secure cost-savings and enhanced efficiencies. When Walsall Council put their purchasing card operation out for tender, they were looking to reduce costs and to make their operations run more […]
Payment Solutions framework helps increase efficiencies and rebates for 3 government departments
This case study explores the benefits the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, FCDO Services and the Department for Work and Pensions saw when they consolidated their procurement card programmes. Background Through a joint contract, The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and FCDO Services (FCDOS) annually spend over £100m on procurement cards. The cards are […]
North Devon District Council – minimising costs and reducing waste
Over 25% savings were made Established in 1974, North Devon District Council is a local authority responsible for delivering a wide variety of services including Council Tax collections, housing and planning applications. The Council is focused on meeting the needs of both local businesses and citizens, with a duty to ensure all money is well […]