Example sentences of "[noun sg] and value for money " in BNC.

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1 All quality standards require you to adopt selection criteria for experts , taking into account such factors as their expertise , speed of response , flexibility and value for money .
2 It is only within the last decade that the concepts of service , growth , competitiveness and value for money have begun to feature on accountants ' list of priorities .
3 And they would abolish the Audit Commission , which not only maintains the probity of local government accounting , but also pioneered the drive for better quality of service and value for money in local government .
4 The decision to put the Scottish Office contract out to tender is an example of ‘ market testing ’ — an attempt to see if alternative sources can give better service and value for money than government departments and agencies .
5 The aim of the financial management initiative is to promote in each department an organization and system in which managers at all levels have : ( a ) a clear view of their objectives and means to assess and , wherever possible , measure outputs or performance in relation to their objectives ; ( b ) well-defined responsibility for making the best use of resources , including a critical scrutiny of output and value for money ; and ( c ) the information ( particularly about costs ) , the training and the access to expert advice that they need to exercise their responsibilities effectively .
6 well-defined responsibility for making the best use of resources including a critical scrutiny of output and value for money ; and
7 a system in which managers at all levels have ( a ) a clear view of their objectives ; and means to assess and wherever possible measure outputs and performance in relation to those objectives ; ( b ) well-defined responsibility for making the best use of their resources , including a critical scrutiny of the output and value for money ; and ( c ) the information ( particularly about costs ) , the training and the access to expert advice which they need to exercise their responsibilities effectively .
8 We want far greater clarity in what we get for our money , measuring output and value for money , not just input .
9 While we 're in the process of overturning stereotypes and preconceptions , it 's worth focusing on arguably the , traditionally , most-cited criticism of lawyers — price and value for money .
10 Quality and value for money is the name of the game here !
11 Consumers want choice , quality and value for money .
12 The panel were both surprised and impressed with the range , quality and value for money of the sample selection that we tasted .
13 Brighton and Hove lay great emphasis on the quality and value for money offered by their holiday accommodation .
14 It explains how to recognize particular types of rug , and how to assess quality and value for money .
15 We 've looked at the travel cots currently in the shops , from baby-sized cots to full-sized cots-cum-playpens , and tested them for portability , sturdiness when under attack from energetic toddler , and over all quality and value for money .
16 Quality and value for money
17 Now that the extension of compulsory competitive tendering has been rejected by the professional bodies , by the whole of the local government world and , most recently , by their Lordships , why will the Minister not admit that the game is up , that the consultation paper will have to be withdrawn , and that the Government must abandon their dogma-driven obsession with privatisation in favour of our insistence that quality and value for money must be the sole criteria ?
18 Area Managers are responsible to the Director for performance , budgetary control and value for money in their area
19 Familiarly , the reforms have been presented in the bright packaging of choice and value for money ; terms which usually end up meaning cutbacks .
20 He said that despite the delay Devonport was still confident that , if ‘ logic , common sense and value for money prevail ’ , it would be chosen as the site for the nuclear refitting work .
21 Clerical Medical is renowned for consistency and value for money .
22 Clerical Medical is renowned throughout the financial market as offering consistency and value for money for professional investment management .
23 In the 1970s there were developments that integrated compliance and value for money auditing .
24 Mr Harrower underlined Group 4 's commitment to the Government 's policy of seeking a fresh approach to penal policy and practice by encouraging competition , diversity and value for money .
25 The service also maintains that nothing can beat it for warmth , dependability and value for money .
26 But these largely managerial changes hardly amounted to a fundamental review ; rather they were concerned to promote competition and value for money .
27 The judges will look for simple and effective devices which also demonstrate market potential and value for money .
28 Set against these factors was a good range of books from publishers — quality titles at all levels offering entertainment and value for money — efficiently supplied by wholesalers .
29 The tensions between toughness and value for money persisted , however , and against a background of large increases in the crime figures , David Waddington faced , in October 1990 , the annual ordeal for Home Secretaries of addressing the Conservative Party Conference .
30 The guiding principles are the pursuit of efficiency , effectiveness and value for money : responsibility is to be decentralised , lower level operatives made aware of and accountable for the costs of their operations , targets are to be established and individuals assessed according to their ability to achieve them .
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