1. Russell Darling & Sue Lutkenhouse Bristol City Council

2. Government target for local authorities to be online trading by 2005 Prompt Payment – 100% Government target Better procurement practice - £324M over 19,000 suppliers in 2002/03 – Concentrate on what is important by market sectors Economic development – providing Bristol businesses with better opportunities ‘Joined up’ public sector trading Why are we doing anything?

4. What is it providing? • Efficiency benefits in transaction process time • Reductions in resources allocated to invoice processing • Better trading relationships • Linkage with local business community support • Opportunities for new markets • Further innovation in partnership