Businesses across the UK have the potential to save up to £18bn a year by taking steps to reduce waste
Action being taken in areas including the need to reform public procurement
93 per cent believe recycling is important
Opera Solutions report gives highest estimate yet of potential savings
Councils will provide housing benefit, council tax, business rates and benefit fraud investigations
Savings made through changes including release of assets and staff redeployment
Targets to save money include preventing three million tonnes of waste
Only 27 per cent of local authorities are sharing back office HR and finance functions
Outsourcing is part of HR and IT services joint venture with Capita
Savings expected to reach more than £3bn a year
Green Deal allows people to access £10,000 upfront to pay for energy efficiency work
Proposed changes include lowering the threshold of the Business Growth Fund to allow more SMEs into the scheme