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Category Archives: cat-news
Vector Aerospace inks engine serving MRO deal
As per the terms of the two-year extension of this exclusive agreement, Vector, a global independent provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services, provides Air Greenland with fixed and rotary wing aircraft engine repa…
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BlackBerry targets corporate buyers with BB10
The company formerly known as RIM, but now rebranded BlackBerry unveiled the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen-only device and BlackBerry Q10, which incorporates a physical keyboard, at events held simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Duba…
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Technology sourcing needs ‘more holistic approach’
According to Gartner, social technologies will change the way that sourcing organisations interact with suppliers and customers, from requirements definition, through contract negotiation and vendor performance evaluation.
The consultants have urged …
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Government launches commissioning academy
“Sharing new approaches needs to be done consistently, quickly, and effectively,” said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, as he announced a new academy to train commissioners.
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Procurement breaches over upgrades to president Zuma’s house
An investigation found no public money was used to build the private home of the South African president Jacob Zuma, but procurement irregularities for security upgrades have been found, which are paid for out of the public purse.
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MoD allocates £4.8 billion to deal with cost rises
For the first time, the Ministry of Defence has budgeted for cost increases in equipment requirements in its 10-year plan for the UK military.
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Manufacturing sector expansion continues in 2013
The industry experienced growth for the second month in a row, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index, with production reaching a 16-month high in January.
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Boeing suppliers face further financial risk
Boeing’s suppliers are feeling the impact after a fleet of 787 aircraft was grounded earlier in January following a number of technical problems with the aircraft, problems which caused a battery to become charred on an Air Nippon flight and for…
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Rio Tinto CEO faces sourcing challenge
Rio Tinto’s Sam Walsh is set to decide whether to shut the 1,400-staff Gove alumina refinery in Australia or approve a plan to lower operating costs by switching fuel sources.
The refinery supplying the raw material to make aluminium has b…
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Bonus freeze could undermine UK talent
According to a new PwC survey of large UK companies, the cutbacks will result in the second successive year of bonus reductions in the FTSE100.
It reveals that fewer than 10% of those companies are expecting material increases to bonus pay-outs as re…
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