Oxygen Finance

The 2026 Autumn Budget saw some small concessions for constituents but the implications for public sector suppliers could be huge. 🛡️ +£10bn for Civil Defence and Ukraine 🏠 +£1.5bn for housing development 📍 Councils getting a cut of business rates 🤖 NHS digitisation being accelerated These decisions point to larger contracts being up for grabs soon, but they also mean that suppliers need to review their pipelines and approaches to have any hope in winning them. Looking to join the firms who are already tailoring their strategy to the budget? Our 2026 Autumn Budget Report will be perfect for you. We’re analysing the key decisions and data to uncover emerging trends, expiring contracts and early-stage opportunities for you to take advantage of. Want a copy of your own? Comment “Budget 26” below and we’ll send it to you when it’s finished. #PublicSectorSales #TheAutumnBudget #AutumnBudget

We've got some exciting news to share! 🎉 We're absolutely delighted to welcome Rockford Associates to the Oxygen family! For more than two decades, Rockford has been helping organisations across the public and private sectors recover money they didn't realise they were owed, with more than £100 million recovered for clients along the way. We've been helping our own customers do the same through our recovery audit services, so bringing Rockford and its specialist expertise into the Oxygen group feels like a natural next step. It's a fantastic opportunity to build on what both businesses have achieved, delivering value for even more organisations. A huge welcome to everyone at Rockford. We're really looking forward to working with you! Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eXAsCJUi

More than £1.4bn of public sector contract were awarded to small businesses in the 2025/26 financial year, but how much of that was won by you? The "SME Public Sector Sales Playbook" gives SME suppliers all the data and expertise they need to succeed in winning public sector contracts across regions and buyer types. By focusing on businesses with 250 or fewer employees, and less than £20m in annual turnover our SME playbook puts the emphasis on the S, rather than the M, in SME. Our playbook helps you: • Understand the foundations SMEs need to work with the public sector • Identify the best buyers when it comes to SME contract awards • Understand the procurement processes that could favour your business • Evaluate and improve your bidding strategy • Win more contracts by engaging early before tenders drop If you’re an SME working in the public sector and want to expand your existing portfolio, or win contracts more consistently, then download the report below. Download your copy here: https://lnkd.in/epbTG2yR #SMEs #SmallBusinesses #PublicSectorSales

With less than a week until the Autumn Budget, we're already hearing rumours of the public sector markets most likely to be impacted by the Chancellor's announcements. Housing development, social care reform, and infrastructure and utilities investment are all being tipped as key areas for increased funding and policy change. But what could this mean for public sector sales opportunities? We've analysed some of the largest upcoming contract expiries across these sectors and identified opportunities that could be significantly affected by next week's decisions. Changes in government priorities could increase contract values, accelerate procurement activity, or make opportunities far more competitive. To help you prepare, we're compiling our full Autumn Budget 2026 Report, including sector insights, upcoming opportunities, and procurement trends. Comment "Autumn Budget 2026" below and we'll send you the report once it's complete. #AutumnBudget #PublicSectorSales #Procurement #PublicSector #BusinessDevelopment

👉 What role does AI have in public sector bidding? AI is increasingly changing how organisations approach everyday tasks, but when it comes to public sector bids, where should the line be drawn? For procurement leaders, there are some interesting questions around accountability, transparency, quality, fairness and how AI-generated content should be treated during the bidding process. Do you think suppliers should use AI in their bids? Vote below and let us know your reasoning in the comments. This is one of the questions we’ll be putting under the spotlight at our next CPO Advisory Forum, Future Ready: Public Procurement in a Changing World, on the 26th November.  Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e9yydUwC #CPOAdvisoryForum #PublicSectorProcurement #LocalGovernment #CPOAdvisoryNetwork #ProcurementProfessionals #BirminghamEvents #PublicSectorInnovation

It was World Mental Health Day on Saturday, and to mark the occasion we wanted to make sure the start of the week was as positive and peaceful as possible.   To do just that, the team headed to a Hotpod Yoga Birmingham session first thing in the morning to help stretch, reset and sweat away some stress 🧘♀️   We also enjoyed plenty of smoothies, fresh fruit and even a few ginger shots for that health boost that can make all the difference to your morning🍉   Throughout the day, some of us also took time to unwind with a bit of colouring between tasks, adding to our ever-growing collection of mental health posters 🎨   Not quite our usual Monday morning, but a welcome change of pace and a good reminder that taking a little time out during a busy working week is no bad thing 💚   #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #MentalHealthAwareness #WorkplaceWellbeing

You spoke. We listened. We recently asked our Heads of Procurement network what their biggest focus will be for 2027, and AI came out on top. So, at our next CPO Advisory Forum on 26th November, we’re putting AI firmly on the agenda. We’ll be joined by Coaley Peak®, who will take us from the fundamentals of AI through to a practical, procurement-focused workshop, exploring how it can be applied to real challenges facing local government teams. Attendees will have the opportunity to get hands-on and explore practical use cases, from developing business cases and reviewing contracts to creating KPIs and turning service requirements into procurement briefs. 💡 Less theory, more practical application. If AI is on your Procurement Team's agenda for 2027, this is a session you won’t want to miss. To register your interest or find out more, click here: https://lnkd.in/e9yydUwC #CPOAdvisory #PublicSectorProcurement #AI #LocalGovernment #Procurement

Last November, we welcomed InHouse Records UK to our CPO Advisory Forum for a session led by EY that challenged all of us to think differently about social value. InHouse Records works inside and outside prisons, using music, education and opportunities in the creative industries to help people develop skills, confidence and pathways into employment. Carl Corbin shared his own story and showed, through words and music, how creativity can help people rebuild confidence, identity and purpose.  It made an impression 🎤   Over the months that followed, we got to know more of the InHouse Records team and the artists they work with - and last month that relationship led to Oxygen Finance helping to organise and sponsor Mic On Fire at The HiFi Club in Leeds.  Part of InHouse Records' tenth-anniversary celebrations, the evening brought together brilliant live music with some incredibly powerful stories from the people behind it. 🎶 It was fantastic to see colleagues and friends from across our network there too, including some of those we'd spent the day with at NEPO.   A huge thank you to everyone at InHouse Records for a memorable evening - and for taking something that started with a conversation at one of our events and helping turn it into practical support.   Social value can be easy to talk about. It's much more powerful when you meet the people behind it. 🙌   #LiveMusic #MusicForChange #SocialValue #Procurement

One vacancy is for a procurement problem-solver. The other is for a Purchase-to-Pay leader. Which one sounds like you?   We’re recruiting for two permanent roles at Oxygen Finance in Birmingham.   As our Sourcing Solutions Lead, you’ll help public sector clients embed Early Payment into their procurement activity, reviewing tenders and developing practical solutions for more complex sourcing opportunities.   Our Early Payment Operations Team Leader will lead the Support Hub team, develop colleagues and use Purchase-to-Pay insight to improve programme performance, compliance and invoice acceleration.   We’re looking for people who bring relevant procurement or operational leadership experience, strong analytical skills, sound judgement and the confidence to work with clients and colleagues.   Both roles include 25 days’ annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, additional company leave, private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions and other lifestyle benefits.   Ready to find out more?   Sourcing Solutions Lead: https://lnkd.in/eQNxdxPv Early Payment Operations Team Leader: https://lnkd.in/eZpvuStD   #OxygenFinance #BirminghamJobs #ProcurementCareers #PurchaseToPay #OperationsLeadership #PublicSectorCareers