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Category Archives: Purchasing
Pay rates rise for junior managers, but fall for senior managers
The average pay of junior purchasing managers increased by 6.7 per cent on 2011’s figures, according to the CIPS/Croner Salary Survey 2012 published today.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing
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Greater transparency needed over media buying rebates
World Federation of Advertisers: “Media agencies should be ‘open and honest about these payments and return them to the advertisers whose investment generates them’.”
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
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BP increases monitoring of high-risk suppliers
The oil and gas firm is strengthening its oversight of vendors by introducing safety performance indicators into contracts.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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Prices of greater concern to CFOs than supply security
The risk from price volatility is more of a worry to finance directors than being able to obtain goods.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity
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Buyers will bear brunt of chancellor’s fuel duty increase
Haulage industry accuses George Osborne of “taking a wrong turn” with petrol price rise and warns suppliers will try to recover increased costs from customers.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page picture story, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Recession & economic downturn, Risk & continuity
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EU proposes contracts block on protectionist nations
Suppliers from countries that do not have open public procurement markets could be at risk of exclusion from public tenders in Europe.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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EU proposes contracts block on protectionist nations
Suppliers from countries that do not have open public procurement markets could be at risk of exclusion from public tenders in Europe.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, International, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Premier Foods aims for 4 per cent savings through supply chain
The manufacturer plans to make efficiencies after reporting an operating loss of £259.1 million.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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Premier Foods aims for 4 per cent savings through supply chain
The manufacturer plans to make efficiencies after reporting an operating loss of £259.1 million.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Supply chain
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Silver proves more valuable than gold to Hochschild
The mining firm’s revenue from the precious metal rose by 37 per cent, despite producing less last year than in 2010.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Purchasing
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