Manchester snubs OGC in card row
28 August 2012
Manchester City Council has snubbed the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) by rejecting its preferred purchasing card and signing up with a rival.
The OGC has demanded to know why the council chose the Royal Bank of Scotland MasterCard rather than renew its contract for a Visa card.
But SM has learnt that the council, one of the country's biggest users of purchasing cards, putting around £50 million a year through them, is yet to officially respond to the OGC's inquiry.
Last week, the OGC was playing...