There's no getting away from it: businesses are expensive to run. And for organisations throughout the UK, they are often more expensive than they should be.
Those organisations are paying much more than they should for their essential business costs.
Why? Firstly, because it can sometimes be very hard to know exactly where to start. And then, even when you do know where you might be overspending, many companies can't afford the time it takes to get those essential business costs under control.
To address this issue, many organisations find themselves relying on their office or accounts staff to audit and review their current operational overheads. But there are two major problems with this approach.
Firstly, cost and purchase management isn't their core competency: the market is inundated with a vast range of essential business services providers. And secondly, the time spent hunting down a better deal is time that these members of staff could be spending more valuably by focusing on their key areas of skill - helping the business make more money.
With a rich and broad set of business and technology management experience Andrew left BT in early 2007 to pursue his own business interests. Joining Auditel he is successfully exploiting his experience to bring cost management services to small and medium businesses. A family man he enjoys meeting people and gets significant personal satisfaction from helping them improve the performance and cost efficiency of their business overheads. His personal and business attributes and the objectives for his business blend elegantly to enable Andrew to understand your business needs and deliver real business benefits to you.
Ken Slater, Manager; Kent County Cricket Club Beckenham
"I am delighted to advise that [Andrew] has undertaken detailed analysis of our existing arrangements using the Auditel methodology and provided a very comprehensive report. He understood our needs and I was delighted with his recommendations. Andrew has tendered for services for me and he has now implemented changes I authorised to our electricity suppliers. As a result I am saving significant cost and because he also smoothed out aspects of our suppliers administration I have better clarity of our usage which means in the future with Andrews help we will spend much less time sorting things out."
Tony Beddoe - Club Manager; The Parklangley Club - Private Tennis and Sports Club
"Andrew works closely with us and he has listened carefully to understand our needs and with his expertise has identified and is managing for us a number of critical aspects of our electricity supply and Telecommunications services. I would not hesitate to recommend the Auditel Service to other organisations."
Tangible savings include 18% saving on General Waste, 34% saving on Telecoms and a 11% saving on Voltage Energy. In addition Auditel project managed the move to a new electricity supplier in minimum timescales giving the client access to savings in excess of 18%.
Julia Low - Joint Owner; The Tutorial Foundation - Educational Tutoring Services
"Our energy costs were like a dark cloud. Andrew Norman of Auditel took the worries from our shoulders, investigated, and identified new solutions for us which reduce our costs substantially. Andrew has been very professional and knowledgeable. He has advised us across many of our overhead areas and takes the time to listen to our needs."
Tangible savings of 42% saving on Electricity. Auditel have introduced a number of professional services partners to support reviews across many areas including business finance, Insurance, PR, Merchant Cards, and IT etc.