Housing Consortium shows the way to savings

Monday 19th July 2010 at Castle Donington Race Circuit

A groundbreaking consortium of East Midlands housing organisations is set to be launched next month to show how working together can make huge cash and efficiency savings.

Efficiency East Midlands(EEM) -is a brand new Procurement and Benchmarking Consortium of housing providers. Its key aim is to bring together all Registered Housing Providers in the East Midlands to show how working together can bring savings to their organisations

The consortium will be officially launched on Monday 19th July at the Castle Donington Race Circuit. Registration will be from 8.30am for a 9.30am start.

The event will be hosted by Mark Johnson, Chairman of Efficiency East Midlands, with keynote presentations being delivered by: Paul Schofield from the Homes and Communities Agency, Rhianna John from Trowers and Hamlins, Iain Walsh from Valueworks and Ellie Horwitch-Smith from the Atkins Group.

Efficiency East Midlands is supported and funded by the Homes and Communities Agency. As a consortium it will aim to achieve savings on the procurement of goods and services and share these savings across all members. During these tough financial times when all our budgets are being tested, making these savings across a number of organisations is a boost, not just for individual housing providers, but for the region as a whole.

The event will bring together a range of people with experience in building, regeneration, sustainable homes and environments. It will also give housing providers a chance to share best practice, jointly source goods and services, promote schemes designed to improve employment and skills and reduce negative environmental impact.

Pete Smith, Procurement Manager at Nottingham City Homes, which has been instrumental in setting up EEM, said: "The launch event will show social housing landlords and registered providers exactly what can be achieved through joint procurement.

"We believe that many of them will want take advantage of bulk purchase savings, reduced procurement overheads and additional investment in community projects."

The event is free to attend for chief executives, directors, heads of procurement, or heads of asset management.

For further information on the Efficiency East Midlands launch event please contact Pete Smith at Nottingham City Homes on 0115 876 2086 or email pete.smith@nottinghamcityhomes.org.uk  

To register and get your free invitation email: efficiencyem@gmail.com  

(Nottingham City Homes is a ‘two star' organisation with ‘excellent prospects for improvement. It was created on 1st April 2005 as an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) to manage Nottingham City Council's rented and leasehold homes).