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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Fuel shortage at Johannesburg airport now ‘under control’
Contaminated fuel has restricted supplies for aircraft at OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa, but measures should start to be lifted by next Monday.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Southern Africa
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Purchasers afraid to jump into new jobs
Recruitment firm PSD Group has reported a 20 per cent increase in the number of procurement jobs being rejected by candidates after offers have been made.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, News, Purchasing
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Value Wales wins civil service procurement award
The Welsh Government’s procurement team has won an award for best practice in public procurement for developing a community benefits policy, that has created more than 2,000 jobs.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Compliance no trouble for travel buyers
Just 17 per cent of buyers believe encouraging compliance with travel policy is more difficult than a year ago.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Travel
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Walmart wary of further protests in supply chain
In recent months, parts of Walmart’s outsourced warehouse supply chain in the US have been hit by strikes and demonstrations, causing disruption and pulling Walmart’s policies into the spotlight.
Now, as reported in UK newspape…
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Japanese aluminium buyers land lower premiums
This is according to reports on Bloomberg who spoke to three executives directly involved in the negotiations between buyers and suppliers.
Aluminium fees have doubled over the last year hitting record highs on the back of rising premiums in Europe a…
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Honda Motor green lights construction of US MRO facility
Under the terms of the agreement KBR Building Group will provide general contracting services for the 90,000-square-foot facility being constructed to support HondaJet – the company’s light business jet aircraft.
KBR Building Group report…
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FM managers switch to LED lamps
Pike Research notes that falling LED prices are triggering re-lamping projects in many existing commercial buildings. And, because LEDs are particularly well-suited to digital control, many building owners will decide to incorporate additional lightin…
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Boris Johnson’s chief of staff defends savings targets
Sir Edward Lister refutes the idea that saving £600 million by 2016 is too unambitious, but admits efforts now concentrate on limited areas.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Purchasers urge support for social enterprise scheme
Buyers supporting a campaign to increase purchasing from social enterprises are calling for their peers in the profession to get involved.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
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