Council claims £288m boost to local businesses
Nottingham City Council is claiming it has pumped £288m into the local economy over the last three years as a result of its Procurement Strategy.
The Council says that since 2014, it has awarded a total of 567 contracts as part of its role to provide vital services to local people.
Some 69% of the total contract value – worth £288m – has been awarded to local suppliers, creating 364 entry level jobs and apprenticeships for local people.
In 2016/17 alone, says the Council, £48m worth of contracts were awarded to SMEs in... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
