Maidenhead & Windsor

The Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough’s dedication in getting a better financial deal for residents has led to its ‘money-saving’ team being shortlisted for a prestigious national award.

The work of the Windsor and Maidenhead council’s procurement team in making significant savings for Royal Borough residents has been shortlisted for the Local Government Chronicle* (LGC) National Procurement Award 2008. The Royal Borough is the only Berkshire local authority nominated in any of the categories this year.

Gary Richardson, the Royal Borough’s head of business development, submitted the council’s entry for the award. In it, he demonstrated the considerable progress his team has made in reducing the council’s costs of goods and services since he joined the borough in October 2004.

Cllr David Hilton, lead member for Windsor and Maidenhead finance, said: “The council spends more than £86million each year on buying the goods and services we need to provide and maintain services to residents. The borough’s procurement team ensures we provide the very best service at the best price and I am delighted that the work they put in to making such extensive savings for us all has been recognised by the LGC award judges.”

Mr Richardson added: “The team has made huge amounts of progress in saving our taxpayers’ money at the Royal Borough and to be shortlisted for this national award is testament to the huge achievements we’ve made so far.”

Mr Richardson has been asked by the judges to give a more extensive presentation of his team’s achievements later in the month. The winners will then be announced at an awards ceremony on March 17 2008 at Grosvenor House in Park Lane.

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead