Departments disregarding deals negotiated by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) should be “challenged”, the Treasury has said.
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The establishment of a new body to manage education procurement is to target seven areas of spend.
11-12 April 2005
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4-6 April 2005
Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California
UK manufacturers were grateful to continued strong demand at home as activity rose in February, according to the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI).
BAE Systems is to shift internal procurement training to project management skills and away from commodity buying.
Unilever is to merge its European procurement and production operations to a single base in Switzerland as part of a plan to save €700 million (£482 million) across the company.
23 September 2005
Archamps, France
If you manage recruitment in education, healthcare, policing, the environment, local councils or any other public service then this is the category for you. Increases in public spending have resulted in a strong period of recruitment growth and the winner of this award will truly be able to claim it demonstrates excellence in recruitment.
Purchasers have been enjoying bumper wage rises. But what are the underlying trends and how do they compare with other professionals? Anusha Bradley reports