Category Archives: Purchasing

NHS hires buyers to treat efficiency ills

UK health trusts are seeking additional procurement support to help with ambitious cost improvement programmes.

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Fertiliser industry passes price risk to supply chain

Greater transparency between manufacturers, wholesalers, farmers and traders would reduce price volatility.

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Whitehall will deliver £5 billion cash savings by end of 2012

A “businesslike approach and steely determination” will achieve value for money, said Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.

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Procurement mitigates Anglo American cost pressures

The impact of extreme weather and falling demand has been reduced through effective cost management at the international mining group.

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‘Slow down procurement for emergency phone line,’ health department told

British Medical Association argues that it is wrong to renegotiate contracts with providers of an existing service before pilots of its replacement have been assessed.

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Gold miner looks to local labour

African Barrick Gold plans to invest in boosting the skills of local workers to combat rapid inflation in the international labour market.

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Dixons’ CPO to head UK procurement for National Grid

Rob Douglas leaves the consumer goods retailer at the end of April to become the National Grid’s head of UK procurement.

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BAE takes £500m hit from reduced MoD spend

BAE Systems has suffered from the UK government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review cuts.

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Morgan Crucible profits fire up

The materials group reports record profits on the back of lower costs and increased sales in emerging economies such as China.

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Morgan Crucible profits fire up

The materials group reports record profits on the back of lower costs and increased sales in emerging economies such as China.

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