Cost Reduction Buying Group
CostController is a UK wide buying group which is free to join. It is a leading cost reduction company with a specialism in the legal sector and represents a resource where over 500 businesses join together to reduce their everyday costs by combining their expenditure.
Quality suppliers
CostController has over 500 firms who share their purchasing power to achieve lower prices on their expenditure but not at the expense of quality. We combine cost reduction with quality suppliers and as a result of aggregating volume through CostController our members benefit from prices much lower than they could achieve on their own, without comprising on quality and service.
It’s free and easy to use
CostController is free to access for members of Connect2Law.
From a review of your current spend we will prepare an initial report with no further commitment required on your part. The report will highlight the potential savings available.
Where other cost reduction companies would take a share of the savings, with us it’s free. The savings we show are applied directly to your business free of charge. 100% of the savings we achieve are yours. A win, win for any business looking to reduce costs.
Let us save you time and money
CostController offers you the chance to add your own buying power to that of several hundred other businesses to achieve preferential prices in almost all areas of overhead expenditure.
In addition to reducing your overhead costs CostController will reduce (or remove entirely) the time your staff spend managing and monitoring your supply chain, so they can concentrate on other areas of your business.
The average cost reduction reviews we carry out help our members achieve direct savings in their expenditure of 20%. We can assist in almost any area of expenditure including, but not limited to:
- Stationery & Office supplies
- Telecoms
- Photocopiers
- Bottled/Vended Water
- Car Leasing
- Utilities
- Insurance
Cost reduction experience and expertise
The CostController team are experienced experts in the field of cost reduction and CostController has been servicing Connect2Law members for over 8 years. Currently in excess of 500 firms use our CostController service.
| CATEGORY | ANNUAL SPEND | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (%) | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery | £48,955 | 14% | £6,853 |
| Telecoms (Line rental) | £19,598 | 14% | £2,736 |
| Telecoms (Calls) | £24,311 | 25% | £6,144 |
| Electricity | £33,778 | 56% | £18,837 |
| Gas | £14,307 | 28% | £3,983 |
| Total | £140,949 | 27% | £38,553 |
| CATEGORY | ANNUAL SPEND | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (%) | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery | £51,000 | 17% | £8,670 |
| Telecoms (Line rental) | £8,954 | 7% | £645 |
| Telecoms (Calls) | £13,3201 | 33% | £4,456 |
| £19,300 | 20% | £3,860 | |
| Total | £92,574 | 22% | £19,957 |
| CATEGORY | ANNUAL SPEND | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (%) | ESTIMATED SAVINGS (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stationery (Bolton) | £29,204 | 24% | £6,965 |
| Telecoms (Lines) | £7,860 | 13% | £1,021 |
| Telecoms (Calls) | £17,151 | 41% | £7,045 |
| Mobile (Usage) | £6,804 | 21% | £1,428 |
| £14,500 | 15% | £2,175 | |
| Vended Water | £2,453 | 24% | £595 |
| Total | £77,972 | 24% | £19,229 |
Testimonials
Anne Irwin, Partner, Cottrill Stone Lawless, Manchester
I cannot recommend Chris Flanagan and his team at CostController highly enough. Chris has provided us with invaluable help and support, both in terms of recommending suppliers and negotiating on our behalf. His most recent triumph was to achieve a huge saving for us on our DX renewal.
John Mann, Practice Manager at Wrigley Claydon
Controlling overheads is every bit as important as improving fee earning performance. CostController are expert at negotiating the very best prices from reputable suppliers. Cheap can be nasty, but CostController ensure it only negotiates with suppliers who provide a high quality of products and services.
We have already saved considerably by switching our main suppliers of Stationery, Electricity and Telephone calls. The people at CostController are both friendly and highly trained and know their stuff. Nothing is too much trouble. The type of people you want to deal with.
Helen Pittard, Partner 174 Law
The constant High Street practitioner’s dilemma ...day job in conflict with office management. How to find the time and necessary skills for cost effective procurement of key services and to achieve economies of scale? ...easy use CostController! CostController have saved us thousands of pounds with nominal time invested. CostController undertake all the hard work leaving you to fee earn. I would recommend them to any firm seeking to increase their net profitability without having to work any harder.
Stephen Turner, Partner Turner Pearsons
I am just writing to thank you and the members of your team at CostController for your help and assistance in reviewing our expenditure affecting the practice to include everything from telephone systems, photocopiers, franking machines through to general stationery.
In carrying out an assessment of our practice and reviewing how each of our three offices work together, we have been able to make a significant saving in respect of our general outgoings.
It has been particularly helpful that you have been able to meet with my office manager at our premises to review invoices in respect of such items and then to recommend implementations as quickly as you have.
I would also wish to thank you for making contact with various suppliers and third parties on our behalf to swiftly put the recommendations into practice.
Contact one of our cost reduction consultants for a no obligation discussion on how the CostController buying group can assist your business today on 0845 279 7667.
