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Page 1: Russell Darling & Sue Lutkenhouse  Bristol City Council

Russell Darling & Sue Lutkenhouse Bristol City Council

Page 2: 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?

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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


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