Category Archives: Public sector

Private sector firms that have taken responsibility for public services are providing “unacceptable” gains for shareholders.

Whitehall must deliver another 1 per cent cut next year and a further two per cent the year after as George Osborne tells underperforming departments to up their game to the level of the Department for Education and Department for Communities and Local…

Departments will be encouraged to establish centralised procurement units to carry out purchasing for public-private funded projects while government considers creating a single cross-government unit.

MP Margaret Hodge said today the government should use the ‘power of the public purse’ to encourage businesses to pay their taxes.

Paul Quinn has been appointed as chief procurement officer for the public service by the Irish government.

The National Audit Office has given strong criticism of the “poor financial management and procurement” in building Peterborough City Hospital, which proceeded despite warnings about its affordability.

The business organisation has welcomed the publication of details of future public sector contracts, but calls on the government to reveal more opportunities.

The local authority has signed up to a scheme where they will get money back from suppliers in exchange for settling bills early.

Employment minister Mark Hoban promises providers will be managed “vigorously to improve performance” to keep people in work.

The Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges has approached all major publishers to sign up to the contract allowing public sector organisations to buy recruitment advertising direct.