-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
Categories
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- Analysis
- Angeline Albert
- Ascertain
- Australia
- Business change
- Business change
- Careers
- cat-news
- Central government
- CIPS SM Awards
- Contact
- Ed's choice business change
- Ed's choice careers
- Ed's choice international
- Ed's choice low cost sourcing
- Ed's choice outsourcing
- Ed's choice public sector
- Ed's choice purchasing
- Ed's choice risk & continuity
- Ed's choice Southern Africa
- Ed's choice SRM
- Ed's choice supply chain
- Ed's choice sustainability
- Ed's choice technology
- Ed's choice travel
- Features
- Fraud & corruption
- Headline News
- home
- Home page picture story
- Home page top story
- International
- Intro business change
- Intro fraud & corruption
- Jake Kanter
- Law
- Law analysis
- Local government
- Low cost sourcing
- Main sections
- Maintain
- News
- News focus
- Opinion
- Outsourcing
- Paid for photos
- Partners
- Paul Snell
- People
- Placement
- PMI reports
- Public sector
- Purchasing
- Realise
- Rebecca Ellinor
- Recession & economic downturn
- Resources
- Risk & continuity
- Sectors
- Services
- SM 100
- Southern Africa
- SRM
- Supply chain
- Sustainability
- Technology
- TEST
- Topics
- Travel
- Uncategorized
- Why Us
- Year
Meta
Category Archives: News
Council leaders see need for more outsourcing
Local authority chiefs believe more commissioning of services to the private and voluntary sector is needed to provide flexibility, but they have concerns over the skills of commissioners.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Outsourcing, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on Council leaders see need for more outsourcing
Develop manufacturing supply through local sourcing
UK businesses should be incentivised to spend money with domestic vendors to boost the strength and capability of the UK supply base.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
Comments Off on Develop manufacturing supply through local sourcing
Government should build construction procurement expertise
A parliamentary group has made 13 recommendations to improve public sector building projects, including establishing an advisory group on procurement to provide buyers with support.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on Government should build construction procurement expertise
Expect more public procurement reform
Deputy chief procurement officer Sally Collier has said the government is “negotiating every week” to deliver changes, and predicted a more favourable regulatory environment by 2016.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on Expect more public procurement reform
MPs ‘appalled’ by court translation contract
The National Audit Office has published a critical report into a deal for translation and interpretation services, blaming insufficient due diligence on the supplier for the problems.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on MPs ‘appalled’ by court translation contract
Whitehall departments still inconsistent on prices
There continues to be differences between the amounts central government departments pay for commodities such as A4 paper and energy, according to the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing
Comments Off on Whitehall departments still inconsistent on prices
Late payment by councils ‘a curse’ for small firms
Local authorities have only marginally improved the number of invoices they pay within 10 days in the past three years, research finds.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Public sector, Purchasing, Supply chain
Comments Off on Late payment by councils ‘a curse’ for small firms
Take control of water use to save, buyers urged
Asda’s energy procurement manager has said buyers can make large savings on bills by making efficiency changes.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, News, Purchasing, Sustainability
Comments Off on Take control of water use to save, buyers urged
Gerry Walsh and Chris Morgan take individual honours at CIPS SM Awards 2012
The past CIPS president and a young professional tipped to become president in future have been named as the victors in the two individual categories at this year’s CIPS Supply Management Awards.
Posted in 2012, Careers, cat-news, CIPS SM Awards, News, Purchasing, Supply chain
Comments Off on Gerry Walsh and Chris Morgan take individual honours at CIPS SM Awards 2012
Watch videos of the 2012 CIPS Supply Management Awards’ winners
Hear how the victorious teams and individuals beat the competition – and their advice for those who enter in the future.
Posted in 2012, cat-news, CIPS SM Awards, News, Purchasing
Comments Off on Watch videos of the 2012 CIPS Supply Management Awards’ winners