Category Archives: Purchasing

Service sector grows despite uncertain economy

Higher prices and job cuts spoil a modest improvement in the sector’s performance.

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CIPS Recruitment plans happy new year for job-seeking buyers

The new recruitment service will be launched in January to offer CIPS members specialist careers support.

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CIPS Recruitment plans happy new year for job-seeking buyers

The new recruitment service will be launched in January to offer CIPS members specialist careers support.

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County cricket champions outsource procurement

Lancashire County Cricket Club has handed over responsibility for purchasing – including for the revamp of its grounds – to Optimum Procurement.

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BAA buyers fill in with colouring books

Procurement professionals helped out at Heathrow Airport to cover for striking public sector staff.

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Jobs created in a mixed picture for UK construction sector

Rate of job creation highest since March 2008.

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Manufacturers up supplier numbers

90 per cent of companies increase or leave supplier numbers unchanged while the appetite for repatriating contracts.

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Prepare for wild commodity price swings

Companies warned to put a risk management strategy in place to cope with cost volatility.

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Nestlé to investigate labour practices in cocoa supply chain

The company is to investigate corporate social responsibility in its cocoa supply chain through the Fair Labor Association network.

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”Bleak winter” for manufacturing sector

According to CIPS CEO David Noble the sector is in for a gloomy period in the next few months.

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