Category Archives: News

Church aims to save parishes £10 million

A new online buying portal will give 13,000 parishes access to framework agreements for IT software, energy and photocopying.

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Four purchasers found guilty in £66m corruption case

Southwark Crown Court finds four men conspired to receive payments from bidders in exchange for supplying insider information about contracts.

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Climate change presents a ‘material risk’ to the supply chain

A report warns the majority of organisations have not faced up to the problems and disruption that a changing climate will cause to business operations.

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UK government accused of ignoring IT supplier ‘collusion’

The Public Administration Select Committee has criticised the government for not investigating claims of anti-competitive behaviour by large IT vendors raised in the summer.

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Commodity prices to drop 14 per cent in 2012

IMF: “Well-anchored inflation expectations will keep inflation pressures subdued.”

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HP announces SME supplier support scheme

Technology firm offers small vendors the use of security and compliance testing systems to help them win government contracts.

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Lorry road charges could push up haulage prices

The UK government has launched a consultation on whether to introduce a daily £10 charge for hauliers to use Britain’s roads.

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Balfour Beatty supply chain head joins rival Apollo Group

The building firm has hired Vince Hanning as head of supply chain and procurement.

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Cardiff Council implements procurement transformation

A restructure of the local authority’s purchasing function will mean a bigger team and the introduction of category management.

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Gauteng province to devolve buying responsibilities

The South African regional government is to divide procurement between its shared service centre and individual departments, leaving buyers with an uncertain future.

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