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Category Archives: cat-news
Collaborative procurement could save schools £400m
The Schools’ Buying Club has reported that £400 million a year could be saved by using a single framework agreement for resources.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Technology
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Whirlpool keeps check on steel suppliers’ health
Consumer appliance manufacturer Whirlpool has said that it is monitoring the health of its steel suppliers as pressure mounts on producers of the metal due to weak demand and tighter finance availability.
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Wood Group seals gas turbine MRO deal with Maersk
US-based Wood Group GTS has secured an exclusive maintenance agreement with Maersk to support multiple Siemens gas turbines operating on its Curlew and North Sea Producer Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units.
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Firms need ‘more time’ over new EU pension directive
EIOPA (The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) has launched a consultation on quantifying the impact of their proposed new directive for occupational pensions (the IORP Directive).
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Shared services to ‘become the norm’ in Whitehall
UK government’s civil service reform aims to boost the use of shared service centres, with the CBI calling for local authorities to share with neighbours.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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Government’s £70 million internal audit spend is inefficient
The National Audit Office says the quality of audits is variable and results are not tailored to individual organisations.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, International, News, Supply chain
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Boots and Walgreens merger to create procurement benefits
The deal between the two retailers will create an organisations with unmatched supply chain and procurement expertise.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Supply chain, Technology
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Government aims to save millions on nursery milk
Savings achieved through efficient buying could mean more milk for children under proposals to reform the Nursery Milk Scheme.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, Home page top story, News, Public sector, Purchasing
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A new dawn for yuan-based trade?
The first cross-border yuan transaction to take place under a new programme aimed to make it easier to settle trade in Chinese yuan took place last week in a move which could save western businesses considerable time and money in the dealings with C…
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RIM to cut supplier in cost-reduction effort
Toronto based Celestia Inc., a supplier to Research In Motion (RIM), has announced that it will be winding down its manufacturing services for the mobile phone giant over the next three to six months.
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