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Russell Darling & Sue Lutkenhouse Bristol City Council
• Government target for local authorities to be online trading by 2005
• Prompt Payment – 100% Government target• Better procurement practice - £324M over
19,000 suppliers in 2002/03 – Concentrate on what is important by market sectors
• Economic development – providing Bristol businesses with better opportunities
• ‘Joined up’ public sector trading
Why are we doing anything?
What is it providing?• Efficiency benefits in transaction process time • Reductions in resources allocated to invoice
processing• Better trading relationships• Linkage with local business community support• Opportunities for new markets• Further innovation in partnership