Recognising the need to focus on reducing operating costs to generate profit improvement, but without a specific purchasing function, Daniel Buck, Finance Manager for the Donnington Valley Group, acknowledged that a more structured approach was needed.
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The Berkshire-based Donnington Valley Group is part of the Peter Michael Collection, a family owned business that both owns and manages hotel and leisure operations. Amongst its owned properties are the 5-star Vineyard at Stockcross, the 4-star Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa and the Donnington Valley Golf Club, an 18-hole parkland course with a Grade II listed Victorian clubhouse.
Recognising the need to focus on reducing operating costs to generate profit improvement, but without a specific purchasing function, Daniel Buck, Finance Manager for the Donnington Valley Group, acknowledged that a more structured approach was needed and so engaged the services of ERA Group, the UK’s largest cost and purchase management consultancy.
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"Another positive impact of the profit improvement exercise has been the creation of a cost conscious culture within the organisation, which has also raised the credibility of the purchasing function." [Daniel Buck, Finance Manager]
