Better terms, quietly secured
Independent procurement advisers to organisations where the stakes are high and the numbers are private.
Recent engagements
A 60‑site restaurant group, a national retailer, a 400‑vehicle logistics provider, a mid‑market private equity firm and a regional care home operator.
Behind every pound you spend is a contract. We read every line of it.
£8.1m across four of forty categories in a typical supply base. Illustrative.
We negotiate with the suppliers behind your food, fleet, facilities and technology, and we only call it a saving when your finance team does.
Better terms, line by line
A rate card typical of our work, with the names removed. Five lines, renegotiated in eleven weeks, with the saving validated by the client’s own finance team.
- Engagements completed since 2018
- 641
- Third-party spend reviewed
- £480m
- Median time to first validated saving
- 13 weeks
- Commissions taken from suppliers
- None, ever
1. To December 2025. Every saving measured against a baseline agreed with the client’s finance team.
Supplier rate card
| Line | Unit | Was | Now | Saving |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Table linenHire and laundry | per cover | 24p | 16p | 33% |
| Van leasingLong-term contract hire | per vehicle, per month | £612 | £538 | 12% |
| Cloud storagePrimary and backup | per TB, per month | £21.40 | £15.80 | 26% |
| ElectricityFixed for 24 months | per kWh | 31.2p | 26.9p | 14% |
| Office cleaningIncluding consumables | per sq ft, per year | £2.85 | £2.31 | 19% |
| Annual saving on these five lines | £412,000 | |||
Volumes and supplier names withheld. Prices exclude VAT.
Exhibit A · Rate card · page 1 of 1
Six services, one standard of proof
Each service stands on its own, and most clients combine two or three. The same senior team stays with you from the first call to the final saving.
Built around the person who signs it off
Procurement touches every budget in the business. Here is what we do for the people who answer for it.
Savings that show up in EBITDA
Cost reduction and mitigation- A baseline agreed with your finance team before work starts
- Fees that rise and fall with verified results
- Reporting aligned to your budget cycle
More capacity without losing control of your function
Procurement capability- Interim category managers within ten days
- Playbooks, tender templates and training
- A maturity score and a plan to raise it
Supply that keeps running while costs come down
How we manage transition- Continuity plans signed off before any switch
- Service levels written into every new contract
- Supplier onboarding handled end to end
A clear view of the cost base before you buy
Supply-side due diligence- Supplier contract and risk review before completion
- 100-day savings plans for new acquisitions
- Shared buying power across the portfolio
Baseline, negotiate, hold
A typical programme runs for six months. You approve every step, and the final phase exists for one reason: to stop savings leaking away once the contracts are signed.
Active workSavings tracked against your ledger, building with each awardSigned off by you
Weeks 1 to 4
Baseline
We read your contracts, invoices and ledger, interview the people who rely on each supplier, and agree the starting numbers with your finance team in writing.
- Spend and contract baseline, signed
- Opportunities sized by category
Weeks 5 to 22
Negotiate
We test the market category by category, run tenders where they help, and negotiate directly where they do not. Awards land in waves, and you sign off every one.
- Tenders, e-auctions and direct negotiation
- Commercial and operational terms side by side
From the first award, around week 10
Hold
Savings leak when nobody is watching. We write price controls into each contract, track every invoice against the new terms, and hand your team the tools to keep it that way.
- Monthly savings report against your ledger
- Price-review and indexation controls
What could your supply base give back?
Move the slider and pick the categories you buy. The range reflects outcomes we typically see. For a firm figure, send us your data for a spend review.
What you share with us stays with us
Supplier pricing, contract terms and margins are among the most sensitive numbers in any business. A privateer sailed under a written commission to act for someone else. This undertaking is ours, and every client has it in writing before the first call.
Request our standard mutual NDAUndertaking on confidentiality
Issued to every client before the first call
- A mutual NDA comes first
It is signed before you share a single invoice, contract or ledger extract.
- Your data stays in the UK, with named people
Files are held in encrypted, access-controlled workspaces that only your engagement team can open.
- We take nothing from suppliers
No commissions, rebates, referral fees or retainers from any supplier, at any time.
- It all comes back at the end
When the work ends your data is returned or securely deleted, and we confirm it in writing.
Sealed for Buccaneer Ventures Ltd. Signed by your engagement director at engagement.
Client, countersigned at engagement
Schedule 1 · Undertaking on confidentiality · page 1 of 1
£1.8m
Saved every year for a 60‑site restaurant group, and signed off by their finance team
Client names are withheld, because confidentiality is part of what our clients hire us for. The figures are not.
See all results
Eleven distributors on inherited terms became two, on transparent cost-plus pricing with quarterly reviews. Every product change was tasted and approved by the head chef before award.
- lower food and drink costs
- 12%
- distributors, consolidated
- 11 to 2
We know what things should cost
Typical UK market prices against the range our clients pay after renegotiation. Pick a sector.
What our clients payTypical market rangeIllustrative ranges, UK, 2025, excluding VAT. Saving compares the midpoints.
In our clients’ words
We had three weeks to understand a target’s supply base. We went to committee with a clear view of the risk and a savings case we could put into the model.
They found savings our own team had stopped looking for, and every number was signed off by my finance team before it went into the board pack.
Two experienced buyers were working inside our team within a fortnight. They followed our policies and trained our people as they went.
Asked before anyone signs
Something else on your mind? A senior consultant will answer it directly.
Ask a questionMost cost reduction work is paid as a share of the savings we deliver, measured against a baseline your finance team signs off. Capability programmes and interim support are priced as a fixed fee or day rate, agreed in writing before we start.
Never. We are paid by our clients and nobody else. That independence is the reason our recommendations can be trusted, so we protect it without exception.
No. We work alongside your people, use your systems and follow your policies. Most clients finish an engagement with a stronger in-house team than they started with.
An NDA is in place before you share anything. Files are held in UK-hosted, access-controlled workspaces, seen only by your named team, and returned or deleted when the work ends.
Most clients spend between £5m and £500m a year with suppliers. Below that, a focused review of two or three categories often pays for itself many times over.
We can usually hold a scoping call within a week of your enquiry. Interim specialists can be working inside your team within ten working days.
Book a spend review
Send us twelve months of supplier spend. Ten working days later you will have a confidential view of where your money goes and where the savings are, at no cost. Tick the box and we will send a mutual NDA before we talk.
- A senior consultant replies within one working day
- No cost and no obligation
- Your data returned or deleted afterwards
Request your spend review
Nothing you send is shared outside our engagement team.
A senior consultant will reply within one working day.