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Capital with the north London borough of Enfield in 2011 , the council has taken all lessons learnt and applied the learning from that arrangement to develop its partnership with Redbridge . Whilst local authorities continue to struggle to recruit and retain talent , its shared service has enabled the two boroughs to look at its procurement activities and formulate joint arrangements to drive long-term advantages .
“ We ’ ll look at economies of scale where possible in areas such as indirect spend but we can also learn from each borough . For example , in areas such as social care , where there may be examples where one borough has done something innovative or even something that ’ s not quite worked and use that to inform solutions at the other borough . Sometimes the benefits of joint working are less obvious , but the simple efficiency benefits of doing something once , there ’ s a potential financial benefit . There ’ s also a cost benefit in sharing experiences , learning and maximising efficiency .
“ This is where I am most proud , delivering the shared service with Enfield and later with Redbridge . The transformation of procurement from
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