Staff At Social Landlords Under Pressure To Favour Cost Savings Over Quality In Procurement

Cost savings are a bigger concern to procurement professionals working for UK social landlords and other public sector organisations than quality of work as pressure on budgets intensifies. A survey carried out by procurement company Fusion 21 found that while 39% of respondents said quality was an “extremely important” consideration during procurement activity, a larger proportion (47%) identified cost savings as being the most significant. The survey results represent the views of 100 procurement professionals who work for organisations such as housing associations and stock-owning local authorities, which collectively own more than one million homes. Read more on Inside Housing.

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