Whilst we are familiar with over 200 spend areas from our work in many sectors, we find that around 40 spend areas are particularly relevant to, and readily addressable within, the legal sector – and we have hands-on experience of all of them: Air conditioning equipment Alarms (intruder, fire) Archiving Audit services Banking services Building maintenance Catering Cleaning Event management Furniture & fittings Insurance IT Hardware & software Support services Lighting Mail & courier services Marketing Creative agencies Media Office equipment Photocopiers Scanners Printers Fax machines Paper Parcels distribution Payroll Printed materials Professional Services Recruitment Security Signage Stationery (general office) Taxis & mini-cabs Telecoms Equipment Fixed, Mobile & Data Videoconferencing Temporary staff Training Travel & hotels Utilities Electricity Gas Water Vending machines Waste management Most of these areas are managed by individuals with no professional procurement training, e.g. functional managers in Facilities, IT, HR.  We regularly find 15%  -  40% cost reduction potential in most of these areas, and disruption to the day-to-day running of the firm is negligible.
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