Paradigm Switch Consulting Ltd

Increasing Profits by Reducing Costs in 27 areas of spend

Where can we save you money?

Mobile telephones – Atlantic has the knowledge and support to provide you with the best solution for your business mobile communication. We work directly with all the UK networks so that we can offer you impartial advice, strong commercials and keep you up to date with all the latest developments in the market place.

Fixed Line telephones – Atlantic’s customers do not compromise on quality to attain low cost voice solutions. We pride ourselves on offering you the best connection available at the best price. Atlantic is one of the leading 1st tier providers precisely because of this total commitment to quality. We effectively have access to wholesale rates ensuring we are confident of saving you money before we even view the invoice!

Stationery – Through our selected stationery suppliers, we are able to save substantial sums for companies on their annual stationery expenditure. No minimum spend, no minimum order values. 

Logistics – Whether you wish Atlantic Business Resources Plc to review your complete supply chain or would simply like an approved carriage service with lower costs, we can help. We continually research this ever-changing marketplace to ensure we offer you the unparalleled market intelligence combined with good service and low costs.

Waste Management – Atlantic’s Service Providers will investigate your costs for general waste, recycling services, hazardous and difficult wastes, confidential waste and offer a full ‘holistic’ Waste Management service. They will also make sure your organization complies with current laws and prepares for future laws. We may use 20 different suppliers for every facet of the services but combine them into one invoice.

Gas – In what is becoming one of the most volatile commodities markets in the world, we offer you the reassurance that you are placing your gas purchasing in the hands of experts who thoroughly understand the vagaries of the market, and have years of gas trading experience. The managed gas service offers a complete solution to your gas purchasing requirements. We evaluate and collate supporting information before obtaining a series of prices from our chosen suppliers. We then assess these proposals and begin the negotiation process with suppliers. Finally after selecting the right option for your business we complete any administration and the registration process commences.

Electricity – Atlantic offers a comprehensive and independent, managed tendering service, offering a range of supplier quotes suitable to your requirements, before helping you to select the most competitive and appropriate contract to meet your specific needs. We include in our report a detailed financial comparison between your current supplier and our recommendation.

Company Health Insurance – Atlantic is working with specialist intermediaries who, through major British Insurance Companies, offer a number of schemes that are tailored to individual occupation and industry types. This means that we can keep administration to a minimum, offer flexible treatment times and the added bonus that no hospitals are excluded. We are confident that considerable savings could be offered compared with the individual schemes that you may be operating at present.

Packaging – Atlantic Business Resources has a single source for all your packaging needs. As part of our £5 billion plus annual purchasing power, our partner is  one of the UK’s largest packaging distributors. They will investigate potential savings against current invoices, visit your premises to understand thoroughly your requirements, and Atlantic will be able within 10 days typically to present a detailed report on savings.

Print Audit – Atlantic Print Audit is a highly customizable and very flexible print management solution that can fulfill the needs of businesses of all sizes. It incorporates a Recovery, Analysis and Reduction (of spend) programmes of in house printing costs and can be highly effective in making savings.

Printing – Every day Atlantic’s Print Management Partner supply critical business printing to hundreds of the UK’s best known companies. Clients benefit from a single source service for all their printing requirements.

Vending – We liaise with all the leading suppliers of vending machines in the UK. We listen to our customers and we value them. Our customers need us to be reliable in all things and they want us to use our purchasing power to get them the very best prices and equipment and products available.

Company Insurance –  Our partners transact all classes of commercial insurance for a wide range of corporate clients, both locally and nationally. We look for well managed and efficient businesses, with positive attitudes towards managing risk and working closely with insurers.

Same day Courier – Atlantic are able to offer customers a high quality same day service delivered in partnership with a few select national same day service delivery companies.

Cars & Commercial vehicles – We use our purchasing power to the maximum wherever possible and cars and commercial vehicles is no exception. Atlantic’s partnership with Pendragon Plc has enjoyed great success.

Merchant Cards – Atlantic know that quick and easy payment for your goods or services is important for your business. With a combination of reduced fees, lower terminal rental costs and low or eliminated authorization charges, we can often achieve substantial savings. In addition, we offer specialized services which will improve efficiency and provide you with the opportunity to earn extra income for your business.

Water –  Atlantic Business Resources Plc help both private and public sector organizations to reduce significantly water usage and cut leakage of this precious resource. Minimum annual spend of £25k is required.

Business Rates reduction –  Atlantic will go to any lengths to ensure your costs are kept to a minimum. We have identified Business Rates as a particularly onerous cost where we have been able to save clients hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Fuel – Atlantic can source bulk fuels in whole loads delivered to very large storage tanks to save cost. Much of the cost of fuel is tax. Atlantic can also supply alternative low carbon fuels and bio-diesels, and are constantly researching alternative fuel sources to save money and reduce the damage to our planet.

I.T. Outsourcing - With Atlantic liberator, ATLANTIC SMECOM provides everything: hardware, software, and network infrastructure as well as all services. These include procurement, configuration, installation, maintenance, and support. You also get a fully automatic off-site back up and archiving services as well as virus and SPAM control. With Atlantic liberator you do not need IT staff.

I.T. - Hardware, software, services, expertise, in a nutshell complete business solutions! At Atlantic we believe an outstanding I.T. infrastructure breeds a healthier and vastly more flexible organization.

Travel – Atlantic Corporate Travel Products and Services can provide your organization with a comprehensive travel management programme, which could provide substantial savings.

Risk Management – Atlantic’s partner is an established international risk management and corporate investigations company, providing a diverse range of professional services and support, to industry, commerce, financial institutions, and individuals. It provides initial strategic advice at Board and senior management level on a diverse range of services, including risk management, corporate investigations, litigation support, business intelligence and physical security. This is supported by on the ground operational response, reacting to the needs and demands of our clients.

Accountancy – Atlantic’s Philosophy – The Personal Touch. Our partners are big on relationships and the same can be said of one of our Accountancy partners, Creaseys. They know that effective accountancy is about working closely with clients; getting to know you and your business.

Facilities Management – Atlantic’s partners will provide objective assessments of current Facilities Management and Hospitality related services as well as market testing and ongoing management of planned review cycles using modern technology and proven business processes.

Direct Spend – How can Atlantic help you with areas of direct costs if Atlantic’s core competency is in areas of indirect spend?  Simple……We have developed a partnership with a company with vast global experience of reducing direct spend. We can provide you with a range of services from Strategic Sourcing Projects through to Category Management Services. Many of our clients now see us as their total procurement partner.

Food and Beverages – Atlantic’s partners, can offer world-class catering consultancy solutions to organizations that wish to review their outsourced and internally managed support services. Experienced within all the major market sectors, our Partners enjoy an enviable reputation for developing and delivering viable solutions which address a wide range of food service and facilities based management challenges. Atlantic possesses the expertise to review and re-engineer every facet of activity which underpins an organization’s core business enterprise and at the same time bring effective cost reduction strategies to bear.

Contact us on 01452 422682 or email rharrison@atlanticbr.co.uk to find out how much we can save your business.

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