Increasing income and streamlining costs

In these tough times, it is vital to challenge current practice and look at new ways to make savings and ‘sweat your assets' - improving elements such as operations, programming, income generation, pricing and attrition. At the same time investing to enable delivery of longer-term savings is essential.

KKP is the go to practice for business efficiency, providing support focused on practical, action orientated recommendations to deliver increased effectiveness and value for money.

Using our services and expertise in business planning, options appraisals, facilities planning, strategic review and performance management, clients have already seen dramatic improvements, such as:

Reducing costs - our latest business planning assignment delivered efficiencies for the service for that local authority of £250k per annum.
Income growth - we bring financial acuity and service delivery understanding to drive strong performance. A leisure trust client recently increased fitness membership income by 15% as a result of input from KKP. We have supported others to achieve key income growth in areas including occupancy, swimming lessons and via pricing reviews.
Efficiencies - by reviewing how departments function and utilise space, we are supporting a local authority to significantly reduce the number of facilities it operates across its whole portfolio, releasing some for disposal, and addressing associated running costs.
Capital investment - having identified a need for significant capital investment for one client, we are currently assessing the ‘cost of funding' and the level of available capital as an alternative to prudential borrowing and PFI.
Staffing - organisational reviews for several leisure/cultural trusts have led to the improved deployment of staff, resulting in a more commercially orientated business focus for the service.
Externalisation - we are experts in management options appraisals and procurement processes, specialists in looking at more than the standard range. We assess the right course of action for cost effective, value for money service delivery.
Shared services - we are presently supporting three neighbouring local authorities to assess the feasibility and potential efficiencies to be gained from sharing senior managers and support services structures.

KKP brings real depth of experience establishing performance management frameworks and developing management information systems to drive efficiencies, programming and pricing to maximise occupancy and income.

Our commercially minded consultants have excellent financial competencies, and provide added value as a result of their background in facility management and strong working links with private sector operators such as Serco, SLM, Parkwood and DC Leisure.

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Ian Redfern: Managing Director (designate) of the Northampton Leisure Trust said:
"Having supported us through the management options appraisal and the testing of various alternatives, KKP is now guiding us through the process of going out to trust. Its advice is measured, consistent and practical and its commitment and input to the process has been exemplary".

Neil Chaisty: General Manager of the Tameside Sports Trust said:
"KKP's input has enabled us to put into place structures and processes to improve our trading position, business focus and the way we deploy and manage staff to drive the business. Its advice is innovative and thought provoking but also practical and grounded: an ideal combination."