The economic downturn is impacting employment, communities and businesses up and down the country. Local authorities are addressing their responsibility to respond to the challenges the recession brings in different ways.

Category management is simply a way of the council managing its buying activity by grouping together related products and services such as ICT (Information and Communication Technologies), vehicles or stationery, across the council and mapping them onto a supplier market.

An innovative training approach has enabled authorities in the East Midlands to make lasting improvements to their services whilst saving money and building internal capability.

Procurement Lincolnshire is a partnership between eight local authorities in Lincolnshire designed to deliver high quality Procurement practice and substantial savings by cooperation and collaboration.