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		<title>Value for Money and Social Return on Investment Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Housing organisations and local authorities need to demonstrate the effectiveness of their Value for Money strategies, as well as how their assessment methodologies take into account Social Value or Social Return on Investment (SROI).
SROI is a framework for measuring the wider social value of procurement decisions, seeking to reduce inequality and environmental impact. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/value-for-money-and-social-return-on-investment-conference</link>
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		<title>Major overspend triggers operational review into value for money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pressure is building on Registered Providers to achieve and demonstrate VFM. Slashing costs will impact services, which is why we have always championed a more holistic approach which starts with cost visibility.
&#8216;Inside Housing&#8217; reports that the social housing regulator is monitoring a subsidiary of one of England&#8217;s largest housing associations after a major overspend on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/major-overspend-triggers-operational-review-into-value-for-money</link>
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		<title>NHS Inefficiencies are &#8216;Ridiculous&#8217; says MP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A National Audit Office (NAO) report published today said that NHS hospitals in England could save around £500m a year if they improve the way they buy everyday supplies.
NHS hospitals in England spend around £4.6bn each year on a huge range of supplies and the study looked at how hospitals purchased 66,000 products, from nurses&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/nhs-inefficiencies-are-ridiculous-says-mp</link>
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		<title>Don’t miss the simple things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently came across an article from web hosting company 123-reg that perfectly illustrated the problems that can be caused by forgetting to do something as simple as renewing a domian name.
123-Reg reported that the GMTV website disappeared because they forgot to renew their subscription.  Technology site The Register reported that the GMTV website was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/don%e2%80%99t-miss-the-simple-things</link>
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		<title>Do government tendering processes hinder cost reduction opportunities?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to an article in the Daily Telegraph, the government misses many opportunities because of the way it conducts tenders. Smaller organisations who have innovative ideas to optimise costs and efficiency, but no specific public sector experience stand little chance of success.
The Telegraph quoted the experience of a small web development company called Fubra. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/do-government-tendering-process-hinder-cost-reduction-opportunities</link>
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		<title>We Are Looking For Consulting Partners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are interested in adding a new revenue stream for your consulting business, please read on.
We are specialists in business efficiency and we have developed an exclusive consultancy service called Intelligent Cost and Efficiency Optimisation (iCEO). At the heart of iCEO is an innovative and powerful software portal that eliminates waste, improves efficiency and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/we-are-looking-for-consulting-partners</link>
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		<title>Cutting Costs by Cutting Down on Paintwork</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Outsourced security group G4S (which looks after many of Britain&#8217;s prisons, hospitals, schools and police stations) said it will save £10m by cutting down on decoration costs for prisons. 
G4S said the savings would not affects its profit margins as it would scale back non-essential work such as cleaning and painting and decorating. The company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/cutting-costs-by-cutting-down-on-paintwork</link>
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		<title>&#8221; Cut Public Sector Spending and Services Will Suffer.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cutting government spending whilst improving services is a balancing act. What are the chances of success? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/cut-public-sector-spending-and-services-will-suffer.</link>
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		<title>Meeting the challenge of reducing the burden of public debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Coalition Government faces the incredible challenge of reducing the public debt, there is an intense focus on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, and reducing costs. The business case for Cost and Efficiency Optimisation is more compelling than it has ever been.
This is the theme of the “Operational Efficiency, Total Place: Local Empowerment &#038; Incentives” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.epi-international.co.uk/index.html/blog/meeting-the-challenge-of-reducing-the-burden-of-public-debt</link>
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