Budget 2025 sets out some of the most ambitious efficiency expectations the UK public sector has ever seen. Departments must deliver almost £14 billion per year in technical efficiencies by 2028–29 (), while a new £1 billion asset efficiency target must be achieved by 2030 ().

These ambitions stretch right across government — from procurement, to asset management, to capital planning, to cross-authority collaboration. But there is a fundamental problem hidden within the Budget’s narrative:

The government has set the targets.
It has announced the reforms.
It has identified the scale of the task.
But it does not yet have the market intelligence needed to achieve any of it.

The Budget explains what needs to happen.
It does not explain how departments will get the insight required to do it.

And that is why Be Connected becomes not just helpful — but essential.

The Government’s Efficiency Deadlines Depend on Visibility — and Visibility Is What’s Missing

Budget 2025 acknowledges huge structural gaps:

• Departments must contribute to £14bn of efficiencies ()

• Government must reform its spending control framework ()

• A Strategic Asset Review must be completed before SR27 ()

• All departments must publish medium-term outcomes linked to funding ()

• The public sector must reduce duplication, align budgets, and collaborate regionally ()

These are sophisticated goals. But none can be met without real-time market visibility.

The Budget does not provide:

• A way to see how other departments are spending

• A way to compare contract values

• A way to identify duplicated spend

• A way to see supplier performance across authorities

• A way to analyse spend trajectories

• A way to discover collaborative procurement opportunities

• A way to understand sector patterns or upcoming commercial risk

• A way to anticipate timing windows for the best commercial outcomes

So while the policy framework is clear — the capability isn’t.

That leaves a blind spot that will stretch through to 2030 unless something changes.

“It Will Take Government Until 2030 to Hit the Target — Because It Lacks the Insights to Hit It Sooner”

This is the core truth:

Government will not meet its 2030 asset efficiency target without sector-wide intelligence.
Be Connected provides that intelligence today.

The Budget’s own wording confirms this. The government plans to:

• Conduct long-term reviews

• Run pilots

• Reform frameworks

• Build capability gradually

• Improve data quality over multiple spending cycles

These are slow, bureaucratic processes that are often spread across several years and multiple reviews. By contrast, Be Connected already delivers the insights that departments will eventually need to comply with these reforms.

Put simply:

Be Connected accelerates what the government says will take until 2030.

The Government’s Blind Spot Is Data, Not Ambition

Budget 2025 points to several areas where departments are expected to “break down siloes” and create new collaborative models (). Yet even these pilots lack a formalised intelligence platform.

Departments are expected to demonstrate:

• Efficiency

• Collaboration

• Accountability

• Value for money

• Spend transparency

• Improved commercial decision-making

But without:

• Cross-authority contract landscapes

• Sector-level spend trajectory analysis

• Bench marking of contract values

• Supplier performance histories

• Visibility of rolling or expiring contracts

• Risk patterns across the public sector

…they are being asked to meet efficiency goals without the intelligence required to find the efficiencies.

This is why Be Connected aligns so strongly with the Budget’s intent.

How Be Connected Directly Supports the Budget 2025 Mandates

Below is a simple breakdown showing how Be Connected unlocks the capabilities government needs to deliver the Budget’s ambitions.

1. £14 Billion Efficiency Target → Spend Trajectories + Duplication Insights

The Office for Value for Money requires continuous efficiency gains (). Be Connected shows:

• Where duplication exists

• Which contracts can be consolidated

• Where organisations are overpaying

• Where spend trajectories differ from sector norms

• Which procurements are misaligned with public sector expectations

This directly supports Treasury’s efficiency plans.

2. £1 Billion Asset Efficiency Target → Contracts as Assets

The Budget introduces a Strategic Asset Review ahead of SR27 (). Be Connected enables contract-level asset management by revealing:

• Total contract estate

• Value leakage points

• Consolidation opportunities

• Supplier risk indicators

• Underperforming commercial relationships

For CFOs, this reframes procurement as asset optimisation.

3. Tackling Duplication Across ALBs → Sector-Wide Visibility

The Budget commits to reducing duplication across arm’s-length bodies (). Be Connected reveals:

• Which ALBs buy the same services

• Price inconsistencies

• Repeated awards to the same suppliers

• Opportunities for cross-ALB aggregation

This is exactly the intelligence missing from government’s reform plans.

4. Place-Based Budget Pooling Pilots → Cross-Authority Collaboration

The Budget launches five pilots to pool budgets and break down siloes (). Be Connected provides:

• Regional spend mapping

• Shared contract visibility

• Collaboration opportunities

• Supplier concentration patterns

This is foundational for combined authorities and devolution models.

Case Study: What Happens When You Have Market Intelligence

To show the difference intelligence makes, one of our suppliers used Be Connected’s Landscape Datasets to:

• Identify 337 active Mobile Voice & Data contracts

• Find 512 rolling contracts

• Prioritise based on expiry windows and spend trajectories

• Win 19 new contracts totalling £3.7 million

This is the intelligence advantage suppliers have — and the intelligence the public sector is currently missing.

Imagine councils using the same intelligence to:

• Consolidate spend

• Avoid overpriced renewals

• Identify shared opportunities

• Strengthen market engagement

That is where the savings lie.

**Conclusion: The Government’s Timeline Is 2030.

Be Connected’s Timeline Is Today.**

The Budget’s ambitions are right. The direction is right.
But the infrastructure is incomplete.

The government has:

• Identified the problems

• Set the targets

• Built the frameworks

• Announced the reviews

• Mandated efficiency

• Reshaped accountability

But it has not created a system that gives departments the visibility needed to deliver those targets.

That is why Be Connected is so valuable.

Be Connected is the intelligence bridge between the government’s ambition and the government’s capability.

Efficiency is impossible without visibility — and visibility starts with connected intelligence.

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