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The London Borough of Havering ensures that over 78% of their spend goes into their local economy. Using a local SME means that 83p of every £1 spent will filter back into the local economy. However, at a time when cost control is paramount can Local Government afford to use small suppliers?
At Ticon, we prefer to turn this question on it's head, 'can Local Government' survive without SME suppliers? Given that nearly 50% of Local Government spend is with SMEs that looks unlikely. Whilst it is tempting to view small suppliers as a luxury, in fact small suppliers are likely to provide the bulk of a council's procurement savings.
So what can you do to flow more money into your local economy? |
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Do you know whether any of your critical suppliers are over-exposed to debt? Is the functioning of your organisation at risk if one of your suppliers fails? |
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Do you know whether any of your critical suppliers are over-exposed to debt? Do you know if any of your social care clients are exposed because their care provider is under financial pressure? Is the delivery of services at risk because some of your suppliers are failing? |
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The challenge of the economic downturn is real threat to Council finances. As receipts from planning services have fallen, the demand for local services has risen. Successful local economies are therefore critical for Local Government finances, a successful local economy provides employment for local residents and business rates for tax income, a popular high street also provides revenue from parking and a positive sense of community. |
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Our papers
 An overview of how local government can support local Small to Medium sized enterprise suppliers and thereby the local economy.
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Our services
 Ticon have an excellent track record of managing large scale awareness and change programmes for public sector organisations. We have worked on four nationwide projects for Central Government departments as well as regional programmes. |
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Newsletter features
It is not only the Government that is running a record deficit, consumers are too, could that spell trouble for Local Government? What can be done to estimate a council's exposure? |
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