UK chocolate brand Thorntons has stated that outsourcing its IT and other activates will help deliver an annual cost saving of £2 million.

“This, together with the ongoing benefits of our procurement review and the recent restructuring of our head office cost base, should deliver a full-year benefit of £2 million that will flow through in full in the 2012/13 financial year,” said a Thorntons spokesperson.

HP provides Thorntons end-to-end management and support for IT, networking and applications.