Stakeholder engagement is an essential skill for procurement teams. Here we look at some of the lessons learned by the team here at Ebit
Green Shoots New Store
Green Shoots & New Stores Is it possible to see the first green shoots of recovery for retailers in the UK? The recent better-than-expected news around increased footfall and sales figures have increased optimism. The news of planned new store openings…
Meet the Team: Alaine Harman
Meet the Team: Alaine Harman Alaine Harman has recently joined the Ebit team as a Business Support Assistant. Alaine works across the entire business, from assisting our team of consultants delivering projects to helping our software and service team upload and…
Budgets & Resilience
Making your Budget Resilient in 2023 As we move towards the end of the year executives are renewing their focus and plan for their budgets in the coming year. In these uncertain times there is a focus on cost control and…
Keeping Control of your Contracts
Keeping Control of your Contracts We’ve worked with several businesses over the last few years, helping to identify opportunities to drive savings and service improvements. By identifying and implementing procurement strategies and policies we are able to ensure that their business…
Tail Spend Management
Tail Spend Management Focussing time and resource on tail spend management can often appear daunting and to offer limited returns. When it comes to optimising value, it often makes sense to focus on the largest contracts. However, Tail spend – or…
The Cost of Doing Nothing?
Virtual Procurement v the cost of doing nothing? At a time when all businesses are keenly focused on cost, have you asked yourself what the cost of doing nothing is? Can you imagine the difference having a highly experienced procurement team…
Virtual Procurement
Introducing Ebit’s Virtual Procurement Service Can you imagine having a complete procurement team on call to provide support when you need it? Ebit’s Virtual Procurement model gives you that flexibility for a monthly fixed fee. We will provide access to our…
Scotland: Deposit Return Scheme
Countdown to the UK’s First Deposit Return Scheme The official “go live” for the UK’s first Deposit Return Scheme is due on August 16th 2023 in Scotland. The scheme is designed to encourage recycling of single use plastic bottles. With less…
Meet the Team: Paul Mills
Meet Paul Mills, he’s been with Ebit for 6 months and is still learning everyday. He’s a fan of cheesclub and is worried about stepping on butterflies