Dear colleagues,
As we near the end of our financial year (31 July 2022), colleagues are reminded of the continued need to limit our non-pay spend.
While the outlook is much brighter as Covid-19 restrictions gradually relax and we move closer to a return to \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d, the University continues to work within extremely challenging financial conditions.
We can all take steps to help the University through this challenging period and budget-holders in particular have a critical role to play through continuing to minimise spend.
Most urgently, we need your support in ensuring we significantly reduce end-of-year outlay. In previous years, we have seen an increase of up to \u00a35m in spending as budget-end nears. This cannot\u202fhappen this year\u202fand\u202ftherefore any unspent budget for 21\/22 must only be used\u202fwhere\u202fabsolutely essential.\u202f\u202f
I appreciate you will continue to get\u202fpurchasing and expenditure\u202frequests from within your Division or Department and encourage you to share this email with staff as required to help respond to these.\u202f
To help with our planning, it would be appreciated if you\u202fcould\u202fnotify our Procurement team\u202fof any significant essential spend that needs to be incurred between now and year-end, so that we can discuss this in good time. Similarly, any queries\u202frelating to this\u202fcan also be forwarded to the Procurement Team, who will be closely monitoring spend between now and the end of July.\u202f\u202f\u202f
Thank you for your continued support.
Frank Richardson
Director Of Finance<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"