Bankrupt Birmingham and its 13,000-plus employees are spending at least £91
million on consultants as far as I can make out from scrutinising the figures
online.
Among these, KPMG has seven contracts worth £7.7 million, PwC has £4.6
million of contracts, Ernst & Young saw its contract worth £1.3 million as
“Strategic Partner Programme Support, Early Intervention and Prevention
Programme” soar to £6,311,500. Deloitte gets just £210,440 from two contracts.
PwC gets £2,497,000 as ‘a Delivery Partner for UiPath Robotic Process
Automation’. This will supposedly save the council £5.5 million though this
doesn’t take into account these fees or the £1.9 million worth of redundancy
costs involved. Using robots instead of people is good because, “software robots
can do it faster and more consistently than people, without the need to get up
and stretch or take a coffee break”.
Grant Thornton has an audit contract worth
£1.6 million. Originally it was a mere £252,000.
The city’s rubbish is
uncollected because of a strike by binmen. Unite union says the cuts would
deprive 150 people of £8,000 a year each. If that’s true, the council would save
£1.2 million a year.
Maybe one of the many consultancy firms employed by the
city council might suggest other ways of saving money.
For instance, American
consultancy Oliver Wyman which gets £1,480,000. The company says, ‘We guide
clients through high-stakes decisions and transformative moments so they can
adapt, grow, and thrive. Our edge? The power of perspective — driven by deep
industry insight, specialized expertise, and a spirit of true collaboration.’
Next: The cost of lawyers.
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