Business plan
Discover how we engage with our customers to plan our budgets and spending for the next financial year.
Our business planning process
Our business planning process is designed to assess our running costs and present an investment case for us to support the needs of the industry.
During this process, we engage with our customers at every stage for feedback on the investments we believe will deliver the greatest value.
A 6-stage process
The process is divided into six stages:
- Principles and Approach – draft
- Principles and Approach – final
- Business Plan – draft 1
- Business Plan – draft 2
- Business Plan – draft 3
- Business Plan – final
Collaboration and transparency
Our ‘Principles and Approach’ and ‘Business Plan’ documents are produced through working collaboratively and transparently with our customers.
This enables us to effectively meet the needs of the industry and deliver a superior customer experience.
Extensive engagement with customers
We engage extensively with customers using individual and constituency meetings, in addition to the DSC Contract and Change Management committees.
Customers’ feedback is then incorporated into the draft versions of the documents, which are then finalised at the end of the engagement process.
Principles and approach stages
At the beginning of the business planning process we share our principles and approach with customers for their input.
The ‘Principles and Approach’ document outlines the strategic direction and focus for our next business plan.
Business plan stages
Once our ‘Principles and Approach’ document has been finalised, we produce a draft version of our proposed business plan.
The draft version of the business plan is then shared with customers through a 2-way engagement process.
Our business plan goes through three sets of iterations with customers, before the final plan is approved and published.
Get involved in the business planning proces
We encourage all our customers to give feedback on our business plans. You can download the latest version of our business planning documents below and email us your feedback. Alternatively, you can contact your Customer Advocate for more information and support.
Business planning for 2022
The publication of our Business Plan 2022 Principles and Approach marks the start of our process to engage customers on the strategic direction of Xoserve.
Our extensive engagement process ensures our customers have a say in the investments we believe will deliver the greatest value from April 2022 to March 2023.
Customer engagement timeline
The timeline below shows the consultation periods for each of the documents we produce for the business planning process for 2022.
Our 2022 Business Plan
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Business Plan 2022 - Final Version (spreads)
Business Plan 2022 - Final Version (spreads)
PDF, Last Updated 31/01/2022, 5.1 MB
2022 Business Plan documents
Supplementary information
Below are additional documents that have formed part of our 2022 Business Plan process.
Archive
Below is an archive of business plan documents from previous years.
Business Plan 2021 - Final Version
View document (updated 29th January 2021)
Business Plan 2021 - Final Draft
View document (updated 4th December 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 2 and Final Draft Differences
View document (updated 4th December 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 2 - Q&A
View document (updated 4th December 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 2 - Addendum
View document (updated 18th November 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 2
View document (updated 30th October 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 1 - Consultation Response
View document (updated 30th October 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Draft Version 1
View document (updated 11th September 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Principles and Approach - Final Version
View document (updated 31st July 2020)
Business Plan 2021 - Principles and Approach - Draft Version
View document (updated 19th June 2020)
Business Plan 2020 - Final Version
View document (updated 31st January 2020)
Business Plan 2020 - Final Draft
View document (updated 6th December 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Draft Version 2 - Consultation Response
View document (updated 20th November 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Draft Version 2
View document (updated 28th October 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Draft Version 1 - Consultation Response
View document (updated 18th October 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Draft Version 1
View document (updated 11th September 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Principles and Approach - Final Version
View document (updated 28th August 2019)
Business Plan 2020 - Principles and Approach - Draft Version
View document (updated 10th July 2019)
Business Plan 2019 - Final Document
View document (updated 1st March 2019)