Council ‘wake-up call’ on e-procurement for SMEs
29 August 2012
The government is urging local authority buyers to help small firms to use e-procurement after a report revealed half a million jobs in England may be at risk.
Addressing council purchasers and regeneration teams at the House of Commons last week, Martin Scarfe, local e-government national projects director, warned that small businesses were likely to lose work because they lacked the resources to win government business. He said local economies could suffer as a result.
Stephen Timms, the Department for Work and...