Alistair Cameron and Peter Mudd have been appointed corporate procurement officers at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council in a move to set up a best-practice advisory service.
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Purchasing cards are set to be used more widely and for higher-value purchases following a launch by MasterCard and Burns e-Commerce Solutions.
The growth rate of Britain's manufacturing sector increased in November, the fifth successive monthly rise, signalling a strong beginning to the new year.
A consortium of local authorities in Essex has joined forces in a bid to improve the county's public-sector purchasing.
12 February 2004
SMMT, London
Purchasers buying Indonesian timber under a new initiative to put barcodes on trees to certify them as legally harvested should be aware that the wood may still not be ethically produced.
Purchasers have been urged to protect the reputation of their businesses after the number of corporate fraud cases doubled last year.
Safeway's supply director is to leave when Morrisons takes over the supermarket chain.
Purchasers have been warned that it can take up to three years to get to grips with their organisation's budget for business meetings.
Ariba has unveiled three new additions to its spend management suite of applications.