Finance can use software and systems to control and manage what employees spend, as Lesley Meall reports.

All bets are off on what shape the recession is going to be: U, W or L. Either way, British businesses can look forward to a winter of discontent – and we are all going to feel the chill. So, as the focus on minimising costs and maintaining cashflow further sharpens, some organisations are doing more than chasing customers and side-stepping suppliers’ demands, and looking more closely at the ways in which they can better control their employees’ direct and indirect spend.

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