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NEW GPC Visa 2009 Annual Report - The Proven Solution to Transform Government Payments

Download the latest annual report for the Government Procurement Card (GPC Visa) highlighting the exceptional growth and key milestone achievements of the programme throughout 2009. GPC Visa generated efficiency savings of £185m in 2009 alone, bringing the total savings delivered to public sector organisations to £860m since the programme was first introduced in 1997.



eSolutions User Group I (March 2010) was a huge success

eSolutions was designed and built to provide GPC Visa users with a means to review transactions, automatically allocate to cost codes, create and distribute expenditure reports and upload transactions directly into their accounting systems.

PCCL work closely with their customers to ensure that eSolutions provides the key functions required to maximise the benefits from thier GPC Visa programme.

The purpose of this first User Group was to demonstrate the latest functions available in eSolutions and to gain direct feedback from customers of additional functions that they would like to have developed in the future.

The User Group took place:

Wednesday, March 3th at 10:30 am

University of Nottingham
King’s Meadow Campus
Lenton Lane
Nottingham NG7 2NR

PCCL would like to thank all attendees for taking the time out of their busy schedule to help make eSolutions a better product.

If you have any questions about the eSolutions User Groups, please contact Russell Green at your earliest opportunity.



Get more value from your GPC Programme

With so much scrutiny around public sector efficiencies and a challenging new year ahead Visa Europe is partnering with Buying Solutions to host a series of GPC Visa users groups devised to help you extend the success of your GPC programme. With so much emphasis on public sector spending, these user groups will provide attendees with ideas and insights as to how they can manage the transition from GPC 2 to GPC 3 as well as maximising their existing programmes by investigating such subjects as:

  • New GPC Visa solutions and innovation - such as a new class-leading data management solutions, IntelliLink Spend Management & Compliance applications, new government prepaid propositions and a new programme of initiatives to extend the level of card acceptance
  • The latest version of GPC Visa eSolutions, refreshed and with many innovative new features and improvements for 2010. GPC Visa eSolutions will make it easier than ever to cost allocate, report, extract and manage your GPC Visa spend.
  • How to get more value from existing GPC Visa programmes
  • How to increase the transparency and accountability of GPC Visa programmes

Thank you to everyone involved in this User Group, Visa Europe and Buying Solutions hope all attendees found it informative.

If you wish to leave any feedback about the User Group, request further information, or to request copies of the slides used for the presentations, please e-mail gpc@visa.com.

Download the User Group Agenda



GPC Visa – the proven solution for UK Government procurement

These are turbulent times for the Government and public sector finances. The challenging political and economic environment has placed cost-savings and efficiency at the heart of all policy, and procurement will form a fundamental part of the new approach.

GPC Visa is a proven and established solution that has been delivering benefits to the UK public sector for more than a decade. In 2009 alone, GPC Visa generated annual efficiency savings of £184 million, bringing the total cumulative savings to £842 million since it was first launched in 1997.

Visa Europe has published the following documents which provide further information about GPC Visa and how it can bring real cost and efficiency savings to your organisation:



GPC Visa can meet government’s 10-day payment pledge

At Prime Minister's Questions on 8 October 2008, the Chancellor announced that all payments by central government to SME suppliers should be made within 10 days, and pledged that the Government will cover the cost of doing this. GPC Visa payments are usually made within four working days. Payments made this swiftly would help save many UK SMEs by improving cash flow and in doing so could revitalise the wider economy.

The links below contain information on the Government's 10-day payment pledge and the research that Visa Europe has commissioned.

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