Category Archives: Recession & economic downturn

Osborne postpones fuel duty rise

Latest budget u-turn by the Treasury will ease cost pressures on businesses and hauliers.

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Buyers will bear brunt of chancellor’s fuel duty increase

Haulage industry accuses George Osborne of “taking a wrong turn” with petrol price rise and warns suppliers will try to recover increased costs from customers.

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Senior buyers to share expertise at CIPS Middle East Conference 2012

Speakers from Qtel, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation and BAE Systems will be among those providing expertise and experience at the region’s premiere procurement and supply chain event in Qatar on 6 May.

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