Squeezing existing contracts can save councils cash

摘要

Our legal experts at Pinsent Masons examine how local authorities can achieve efficiencies by revisiting existing highways maintenance contracts.It will be a surprise to no-one that local authorities fire fighting cuts in central budget funding are looking harder than ever at the value for money of future highways contracts. However, local authorities who consider the search for efficiencies to be solely the reserve of future contracts may find that they are missing a trick.