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British Land makes £3.3 million energy savings

The property developer also reduced carbon emissions by 24,500 tonnes across its buildings in the past three years. Its portfolio includes London’s Leadenhall Building, dubbed ‘the Cheesegrater’.

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Better deals save Surrey Council more than £2 million in six weeks

Local authority negotiates better deals for buses, IT and social care services at the start of the current financial year.

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Obaid Bokisha appointed as new CPO at Etisalat

The UAE telecoms company has appointed a new chief procurement officer as part of its attempt to become one of the world’s top 10.

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Hershey’s launches Mexico cocoa sourcing project

Confectionary giant Hershey has launched a new cocoa sourcing project in Mexico, which it hopes will help revive production after it was devastated by disease and be able to buy more cocoa from South America.

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Vacumet launches compostable alternative to tinfoil

Vacumet Corp has unveiled a range of new decomposable, metallised packaging papers.

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Green goals increase demand for building automation

Increasingly stringent environmental regulations are leading to a facilities management “revolution” driven by the deployment of building automation systems (BAS) technologies that take advantage of the convergence of information technology (IT)…

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Enterprise application software spend in target

Worldwide spending on enterprise application software will total $120.4bn in 2012, a 4.5% increase from 2011 spending of $115.2bn, market experts have predicted.

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UN launches sustainable procurement initiative at Earth Summit

Scheme to use public sector procurement to boost sustainability has already been adopted by 30 governments and institutions.

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UN launches sustainable procurement initiative at Earth Summit

Scheme to use public sector procurement to boost sustainability has already been adopted by 30 governments and institutions.

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Lack of finance means auto suppliers miss expansion chance

Lending conditions have worsened for more than a quarter of suppliers, leaving them unable to take advantage of increased UK manufacturing.

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