Category Archives: Purchasing

Infosys acquisition aids Australasian expansion plans

The business process outsourcing subsidiary of Infosys buys up procurement specialist the Portland Group.

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Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places

The southern African nation is one of nine countries labelled ‘extreme risk’ in an analyst report.

Posted in 2011, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Southern Africa, Supply chain | Comments Off on Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places

Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places

The southern African nation is one of nine countries labelled ‘extreme risk’ in an analyst report.

Posted in 2011, cat-news, Fraud & corruption, Home page top story, International, News, Purchasing, Risk & continuity, Southern Africa, Supply chain | Comments Off on Angola named one of world’s riskiest business places

EU outlines reform of public procurement rules

Amendments will allow for greater negotiation with suppliers and reduce the amount of paperwork, in what the EC describes as “necessary, ambitious and realistic” changes to regulations.

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Buyers reveal ‘sexy’ elements of procurement

SM asked readers to describe the sexiest aspect of procurement, click the link to discover what they said…

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Congressman calls for change to nickels and pennies

US legislation aims to mint nickels and pennies in steel – so they cost less to produce than their monetary value.

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MPs demand NAO investigation into Thameslink train contract

The Transport Committee has demanded the spending watchdog examine whether the decision to award a train manufacturing contract to Siemens was correct.

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FleetCor buys fuel card provider AllStar Business for £194 million

The two businesses have also signed a five-year deal to provide fuel card services to AllStar’s owner, Arval UK.

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IBM to take over e-procurement provider Emptoris

But customers will have to wait for the deal to close before the full impact becomes clear.

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GPA pot increases to $100 billion

The 42 country signatories to the Government Procurement Agreement agreed to open up more of their infrastructure and local council deals to each other at a summit in Doha yesterday.

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