Category Archives: 2012

Logistics firms ready for Olympics’ impact

Research finds 90 per cent have assessed the implications of the games and 82 per cent predict a rise in demand for services.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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SA unions urge Olympic kit deal to be scrapped

An alliance of trade unions is unhappy that a deal to manufacture the country’s kit for the Olympics has been awarded to a Chinese firm.

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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool

The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.

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Balfour Beatty boosts responsible buying with e-learning tool

The construction firm is introducing a course for staff to achieve sustainable procurement by 2015.

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P&G shares sustainability scorecard with rivals

The FMCG manufacturer is making its supplier rating system available to competitors to boost the environmental performance of supply chains.

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2012 will ‘test the mettle’ of the procurement profession

Purchasers will need to do much more this year with similar levels of resources to 2011, research from the Hackett Group suggests.

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NASA outsources procurement support

US space agency signs deal to handle contract processing worth up to $42 million (£26 million).

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Small suppliers pose no big risk to government

“I challenge anyone to find a correlation between failure to perform and size,” said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

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News Focus: Rise and fall

Pay rates for junior staff and directors are on 
the increase – yet are stagnant for senior managers. Angeline Albert takes a look at the reasons why.

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