Monthly Archives: November 2011

MPs are to investigate why pharmacists are having so much difficulty sourcing prescription drugs.

Major companies sign up for drive to encourage firms to award contracts to social enterprises.

The priority to cut costs means companies in Ireland are making fewer procurement decisions based on sustainability.

Figures released in the UK last week revealed that unemployment had risen to 2.62m – with the current rate of 8.3% representing the highest recorded figure since 1996.

Fast food giant McDonald’s has dumped a supplier of eggs, the kind used in egg McMuffins, after a government agency found filthy conditions on its site and an animal rights group exposed cruel treatment of the chickens.

French aerospace suppliers Zodiac have spoken up to express confidence that the industry would be able to keep up with planned production increases at Airbus and Boeing, despite the financial pressures in the market.

Mitie, a UK based outsourcing company that provides outsourcing services to some of the world’s biggest public and private sector businesses, has said that there is a growing trend towards larger outsourcing contracts as companies continue to look for …

KPMG International and Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) has begun touting an alliance designed to help companies measure and enhance their corporate sustainability performance. The tie-up combines the benchmarking capability of SAM and KPMG’s Climate…