BUSINESS COST REDUCTION
USING THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE PURCHASING, GLOUCESTER BID WILL WORK TO REDUCE COSTS AND IMPROVE SERVICES FOR BID MEMBERS & ASSOCIATE MEMBERS.
BUSINESS COST REDUCTION
Using the power of collective purchasing, Gloucester BID will work to reduce costs and improve services for BID members and Associate Members.
Although not every business can guarantee that they can get reductions, experience in other BID areas such as Bath and Chichester has shown that cost reductions can often easily exceed the small BID levy.
Services cost reduction provide:
WASTE & RECYCLING
GENERAL, RECYCLING & WASHROOM HYGIENE
ENERGY
GAS & ELECTRICITY
INSURANCE
GENERAL, TAILORED, SPECIALIST & CREDIT
WATER
REBATES, AUDITS, LEAK DETECTION & BILL REDUCTION
BUSINESS RATES
REASSESSMENTS, APPEALS & REBATES
VEHICLES
LEASING & FINANCE
OFFICE
STATIONERY, PRINT & CONSUMABLES
EXAMPLE 1 | SOCIAL CLUB
SAVED TOTAL OF £957.58 per annum
MADE UP OF £620.88 on general waste
and £208.00 on mixed recycling and £128.70 on washroom an average of 29%
EXAMPLE 2 | HOTEL
SAVED TOTAL OF £1636 per annum
MADE UP OF £226 on electricity and
additionally a £750 saving on telephone calls and a 15% saving on their line rental
– saving another £600.
EXAMPLE 3 | BAR & RESTAURANT
SAVED TOTAL OF £2358 per annum
MADE UP OF £920 on electricity and
additionally a £634 saving on gas, £745 on insurance, £314 on credit card merchant charges and £58 on water rates.
EXAMPLE 4 | IFA PRACTICE
SAVED A TOTAL OF £757 per annum on Electricity Contract, a 40% saving.
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