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Welsh post poor report_3
Few of Wales’s further education institutions have a procurement strategy or a purchasing officer, and the colleges are not doing enough to assess supplier performance, the National Audit Office has found.

In its report Further Education in Wales, the NAO comes down hard on the way institutions buy goods and services - in particular, energy and water.
Small firms ignore Y2K_3

Local Gershon on cards_3
A local government version of the Treasury’s long-awaited review of procurement reform in central government, headed by Marconi boss Peter Gershon, could be a natural progression from the work done by Geoffrey Filkin.
Rolls-Royce opens door_3
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to hold another of its select suppliers’ conferences in September as part of the company’s New Deal and Supplier Charter.
UK could be net centre_3


The UK could become the Internet capital of Europe, according to the boss of semiconductor giant Intel. Craig Barrett, the firm’s chief executive, told a conference in London that strong telecommunications links with the US could entitle Britain to act as the European gateway for transatlantic electronic trade.
Quality hurdle remains_3
British suppliers should tread carefully when dealing with Japanese customers, warned Neill Irwin, an ICL purchasing board member and director of the DTI/CBI initiative Partnership Sourcing, which recently visited Japan.
The Invisible Continent_3
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Suppliers hit PS2 sales_3


Supplier problems are partly to blame for a fall in sales of Sony’s PlayStation 2 games console. The Japanese electronics giant cut its sales forecast by 1 million to 9 million units by March, after a 15 per cent fall in shipments from software developers, and problems with the console’s graphics synthesiser chip.
Vehicle gets Stork lift_3


A Dutch firm has joined the UK and Germany in the multi-role armoured vehicle programme, cutting Britain’s share of trial and development costs by £5 million. Stork will partner Britain’s Alvis Vehicles and Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegman and MAK in a £110 million contract to produce 2,000 vehicles by 2006.
Consignia outsources IT_3


Consignia is to outsource most of its £300 million IT function. The company is hoping for a joint venture in which it will retain a 51 per cent stake and expects to award the contract within 15 months. The group is also in talks with BT, which has expressed an interest in operating Consignia’s fleet of 40,000 vehicles.
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