Auditel’s professionalism and personal service produce impressive savings of over £77,000 for the Peepul Centre

Peter Harrison, Debra Avery, Peepul Centre Operations Manager, John Frape, Peepul Centre Head of Services for Sports & Fitness & Mike Ramsden

Opened in 2005 and situated just minutes from the heart of Leicester city centre, the Peepul Centre is a unique and inspirational social enterprise. It offers a multi-purpose venue for the local community. Facilities and services provided at and by the Centre range from civil weddings, conferences, exhibitions and events to an Ofsted-inspected nursery, a gym, theatre, restaurant and bar.

Auditel has been at the forefront of cost and purchase management for over seventeen years. In that time, they have built a dedicated 200-strong network of professional consultants who manage the full range of business expenditures for thousands of clients across the UK.

The Peepul Centre has benefited from Auditel’s professionalism and increased the value of their organisation. Debra Avery, Operations Manager of the Peepul Centre explained: “Auditel’s service is much broader and more holistic and it goes far beyond simple cost-cutting. Their recommendations take into consideration everybody concerned with and affected by our Centre to ensure we get the best option, not just the cheapest. They go the extra mile for us.” Read more…

Team Auditel take on the Great British Bike Ride – 350 miles in 5 days

Team Auditel and sponsors at the Auditel Supplier Exhibition 2011

The Great British Bike Ride in 2011 will be staged from Land’s End to Twickenham Stadium in early July. This five-day ride is designed for all cycling enthusiasts, sportsmen and women who want to take on a real challenge and at the same time, raise some much-appreciated funds for highly deserving charities.

Team Auditel, consisting of six intrepid Auditel consultants plus their Recruitment Director, will be taking part in this year’s gruelling ride. All six team members will be cycling the 350 miles from Land’s End to Twickenham Stadium over 5 days and, hopefully, raising at least £10,000 for Auditel’s chosen charity, Help for Heroes. With an average of 70 miles to cover on each day of the ride, Team Auditel started training in October last year and the team has already covered thousands of miles. Any donation small or large will be much appreciated and a step closer to their target.  Visit the Team Auditel – Just Giving page for more details .

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A Dynamic Approach to Managing the Cost of Doing Business

Auditel Host 11th Supplier Conference and Exhibition, Whittlebury Hall, Northants

On Friday, 13 May 2011, Auditel, the UK’s largest independent cost and purchase management consultancy, will be hosting their 11th Supplier Conference and Exhibition at Whittlebury Hall near Towcester, Northants. Auditel recognises the importance of proper relationships with the right type of suppliers and partner companies for the exhibition include; EDF Energy, British Gas, Shell LPG, Travelex, Bluefin Insurance Services, Accept Cards, UK Telco, Scottish and Southern Energy and NatWest Mentor.

Established in 1994, Auditel is currently saving millions of pounds for over 3,300 organisations nationwide through their unique Total Cost of Purchase® model. Their services now cover the full spectrum of business expenditure, supported by strong, but independent, supplier relationships and the wide-ranging, top-level experience of over 190 cost and purchase management specialists.

Auditel’s Managing Director, Chris Allison, says: “For over a decade, we have provided this forum for suppliers of products and services to our clients, giving them the chance to meet our Consultants, exchange ideas and explore new opportunities to service our ever-increasing client base. This year, it will be even an even bigger and better event than before. Thirty five market leaders will be presenting their unique offerings to our largest ever gathering of cost and purchase management specialists under one roof.”

“This year, the theme will be ‘A Dynamic Approach to Managing the Cost of Doing Business’. Together with our partners we will demonstrate how businesses can take advantage of the current economic climate, to prepare for better times ahead, emerging stronger than before.”

Congratulations IoD winners

Congratulations to all the winners at Friday’s inaugural National Director of the Year Awards, organised by the Institute of Directors and sponsored by Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, Inenco, Custom House, Auditel, Arjowiggins-Conqueror and Visa Europe.  Nominees for the nine awards had all demonstrated exceptional leadership and motivational skills and had already won awards at Regional level before being put forward for the inaugural National competition. The winner of the overall award – Director of the Year – was Graham Honeyman CBE, Chief Executive Officer of Sheffield Forgemasters International, who also picked up two other awards at the Lancaster Hotel lunch, hosted by Michael Portillo and attended by special guest, Lord Sugar of Clapton. A tenth, Lifetime Achievement, award was made to Sir Terry Leahy, Cheif Executive of Tesco.

The full list of winners is:

Overall Director of the Year

• Winner – Graham Honeyman CBE, Sheffield Forgemasters International (Yorkshire)
• Runner up – Simon Bitcliffe, Webmart (South)

Young Director of the Year

• Winner – Cathy McCorry, Grafton Recruitment (Northern Ireland)
• Highly Commended – James Wollard, Polythene UK (South) and Joe Blackman, Green Ant Events, (Wales)

Public/Third Sector Director of the Year

• Winner – Mike Phillips, West Mercia Supplies (West Midlands)
• Highly Commended – Purnima Tanuku, National Day Nurseries Association (Yorkshire) and Mark Powles, Business Stream (Scotland)

Director of the Year for Environmental Leadership

• Winner – Mervyn D.Jones, Aquamarine Power (Scotland)
• Highly Commended – Julian Dennis C Dir, Wessex Water (South West) and Duncan Goose, Global Ethics (South)

Family Business Director of the Year

• Winner – Sarah Dunning, Westmorland (North West)
• Highly Commended – Jason Wouhra C Dir, East End Foods (West Midlands) and Stephen Blatchford, Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons (South)

Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank Investing for Growth Award

• Winner – Graham Honeyman CBE, Sheffield Forgemasters International (Yorkshire)

Global Director of the Year

• Winner – Graham Honeyman CBE, Sheffield Forgemasters International (Yorkshire)
• Highly Commended – Conor Walsh C Dir, Andor (Northern Ireland) and David Price CBE, Chemring Group PLC (South)                                   

Director of the Year – SME

• Winner – Simon Bitcliffe, Webmart (South)
• Highly Commended – Patricia O’Hagan, Core Systems NI (Northern Ireland) and Mark Box, Rieke Packaging Systems (East Midlands)

Director of the Year – Large Company (Sponsored by Auditel UK Ltd.)

• Winner – Ciaran Sheehan, Care Circle Group (Northern Ireland)
• Highly Commended – Helen Bunbury, Ogier (Jersey) and Stephen Martin, Clugston Group (East Midlands)

Celebrating the best in the business: Auditel sponsor the IoD Director of the Year Awards

Auditel are delighted to be sponsoring the Institute of Director”s 2010 Director of the Year (large company) award. This award is open to all directors of UK companies with more than 250 employees and nominees in the running are:

• Stephen Martin – Clugston Group Limited
• Craig Errington C Dir FIoD – Wesleyan Assurance Society
• Ciaran Sheehan – Care Circle Group
• Erhard Paulat – GMAC UK PLC
• Helen Bunbury – Ogier
• Mark Crowther – Liberation

The IoD runs the Director of the Year Awards across all regions of the UK to reward excellence and leadership in UK business. Other awards being presented at the ceremony, hosted by Michael Portillo at the Lancaster Hotel on 1st October, include ‘Director of the Year (Small/Medium Company)’, ‘Young Director of the Year’, ‘Global Director of the Year’, ‘Family Business Director of the Year’, ‘Environmental Leader of the Year’ and the inaugural ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’. This new award is being voted for by readers of Director Magazine and a specially selected panel of leading business thinkers, and will recognise a senior figure in business who has done something truly worthy of special recognition and who merits admittance into the Director Business Hall of Fame.

Members of the Auditel team will be at the ceremony and are really looking forward to lending their support to all the winners and nominees. More information about the awards and judging criteria and a booking form for tickets (members only) are available on the IoD website.

Auditel consultant gets on his bike to help heroes

Well done to Auditel consultant Laurence Fitch who has entered the first ever ‘Lexus Great British Bike Ride’ to raise money for a number of charities, including ‘Help for Heroes’. The four-day bike ride, which takes place 1st – 4^th September 2010 between Lands End and Twickenham, will be the first in a series of annual events aiming to raise £1.5 million for charity over the next five years and is designed for all cycling enthusiasts, sportsmen and women, who want to take on a real challenge and raise some much appreciated funds.

As Laurence, who spent 14 years in the RAF, says: Read more…