It now seems inevitable that paper prices will rise in May. The big surprise is how long it has taken to get to this point in the UK following the demise of Paperlinx.

The size of the price increase is reported to be in the region of 6% to 8%.

How are you planning to manage this situation? Can the industry handle such a rise?

  • Is it worth trying to fight the increase? All the major mills are fully behind the increase and feel it is very much overdue.
  • There have been increases in Europe but not in the UK.
  • The mood of paper mills in the UK is therefore resolute.
  • Would you try to absorb such a large increase? Reducing print margins any further could have a major impact on sustainability of many print businesses, but some will try in an attempt to become more competitive in the market and increase volumes.
  • Will you pass the increase on to your customer base? It seems to be the sensible thing to do but only if your competitors plan to do the same. Would you risk becoming uncompetitive in what is fast becoming a commodity industry?

Whatever you plan to do, Expense Reduction Analysts can help your business uncover additional profit by reducing your indirect spend in ways no others can match.

We can give you the time back to enable you to allocate your own resources into more core strategic areas of the business, safe in the knowledge that our specialists will be working hard to reduce your overhead costs, uncovering extra profit hidden inside existing overspend, which will increase your bottom line to utilise as you wish.

Our 150 specialist experts, many of whom have been in very senior management positions in their own field, bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to bear. This enables them to find the best value for your business in almost 200 indirect cost areas.

ERA is responsible for more than £500m worth of client spend at any one time. This amount of buying leverage opens up tiers of pricing normally only available to some of the largest corporations, but which we can now bring to you.

ERA’s clients like the contingency based fee structure and are reassured by our no saving no fee promise.

If you would like more information on our Paper review services, please contact us.