I'm surprised Vista came in at number 34 on the priority list - I can only assume that were only 34 entries on the whole list ?

At 33 was "Buying cheaper tea bags"

and 32 was "Making contractors supply their own keyboards"

"Big IT firms are likely to do better from the credit crunch than smaller suppliers, as greater economies of scale allow them to offer cheaper prices."

That may be the case when you're buying hardware and off-the-shelf software but economies of scale in services? Not that I've ever seen. Bigger vendors charge more because they are less likely to go bust (which also means they have the cash to counter-sue when the project goes titsup).

Or in our case, get rid of the plants as we pay a company £7k a year to look after them.

Global Finance company? Not when sign off for anything more than £500 has to go to a senior manager.