Category Archives: cat-news

Wirral Council pays price for tendering flaws

The Audit Commission has found the local authority is likely to have broken EU procurement rules in the award of a contract for highway and engineering services.

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Businesses let EU procurement changes pass by

More than half of buyers, suppliers and advisers in North West have no plans to understand incoming reforms, while 17 per cent are unaware of the consequences of not complying with the law.

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Chery meets with Brazilian suppliers to meet tax rules

As part of its plan to meet new tax rules for car sales in Brazil Chinese auto company Chery has met with potential new Brazilian suppliers, although executives remain concerned about uncompetitive raw-material prices in Brazil.

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Pressure on to improve buildings efficiency

US businesses have been urged by the federal government to step up efforts to increase the energy efficiency of their buildings.

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Economic recovery puts the brakes on US fleet leasing

A new report has revealed that economic turbulence caused by the credit crunch of 2008 has boosted the demand for corporate fleet car leasing in the US.

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Nokia promotes supply chain chief in strategy shake-up

Juha Putkiranta will take over as vice president of operations at the mobile phone manufacturer from 1 July.

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Top firms take on strategic sourcing processes

More than three-quarters of the best-performing firms have formal strategic sourcing programmes, compared with just 29 per cent of the worst performing.

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WTO rules in favour of US in steel case

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel ruled in favour of the United States last week in a case relating to import duties placed on specialty steel by China.

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LME warehousing rules to be scrutinised

After announcing an agreement to buy the London Metal Exchange (LME) for £1.4bn, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing said it would look into warehousing rules in an attempt to shorten metal delivery times.

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Japan and Vietnam launch rare-earth facility

In an attempt to reduce China’s stranglehold on rare-earth production, Japan and Vietnam launched a research and technology transfer facility over the weekend which will result in the precious minerals being transferred to Japan once mined.

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