Category Archives: cat-news

Unilever procurement helps with sustainability objective

Buyers are assisting the fast-moving consumer goods company in achieving an ambitious long-term plan to double in size while reducing its environmental impact.

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Osborne postpones fuel duty rise

Latest budget u-turn by the Treasury will ease cost pressures on businesses and hauliers.

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Entrepreneur Peter Jones calls on ‘heroes of procurement’

The Dragons’ Den personality says the stars of purchasing and supply should make themselves known and help inspire young people.

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Packaging should be sustainable throughout the supply chain

‘Sustainable packaging’ is no longer a viable term unless all stages of the supply chain have been considered, a PwC report has concluded.

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IT discounts to save £70 million across UK public sector

“The old days of signing huge, inflexible IT contracts are gone forever.” Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

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Q&A with Peter Jones

The successful businessman and TV personality says students attending one of his enterprise academies who have an interest in purchasing can tailor their training towards it.

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CPO Agenda revamps website

The business review for procurement and supply chain leaders has a new-look website, making it easier for readers to use.

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Asia leading telecoms infrastructure spending ‘spike’ in 2012

Asia is poised to lead an unprecedented “spike” in Capital Expenditure (Capex) spending by global telecoms operators over the course of this year, new research reveals.

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Sustainable energy procurement poses ‘difficult choices’

Moves to improve the sustainability of energy consumption will require “significant changes” in countries’ energy architectures as they try to meet the demands of economic growth, experts have warned.

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Merged services puts councils on track to save millions

A CPO involved in the tri-borough project told SM other authorities should follow their example by putting individualism aside and collaborating.

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