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Suppliers to the construction industry in Hull are joining a forum to discuss how local firms can get a bigger slice of the city’s expected construction boom, writes Cathy Hayward.
Compulsory competitive tendering is dead and should be replaced by public interest criteria in local government procurement, according to the author of a major new report.
Geoffrey Filkin, a director of think-tank New Local Government Network, told 200 local authority leaders at a conference in London last week that their organisations must undergo a major cultural change.
Geoffrey Filkin, a director of think-tank New Local Government Network, told 200 local authority leaders at a conference in London last week that their organisations must undergo a major cultural change.
Britain’s maritime industry has turned to academics to develop procurement processes in an effort to increase efficiencies.
The new product set from Commerce One marks the latest shift away from public marketplaces to e-enabling private business processes.
Lower prices for goods and services and process efficiencies will continue to fuel spending through e-marketplaces in the next two years, according to a study of US manufacturers.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes and microchip designer ARM are among the first 10 organisations to be awarded a “global badge of corporate responsibility” by the GoodCorporation, set up last year to promote fair ways of working. The organisation claims its approval i
Software provider Oracle has launched an online collaborative supply chain solution targeting manufacturing purchasers with long-term supply plans.
The value of fraudulent payments to suppliers and contractors by local councils has increased by 40 per cent in the past year, according to local government spending watchdog the Audit Commission.
Sixty per cent of manufacturing firms have had to call back their computer supplier to fix or replace newly installed systems, according to a new report by specialist dispute resolution company FMC Resolve.