Nearly 90 per cent of companies plan to use the Freedom of Information Act to gain details of failed contract bids, according to an online poll of SM readers.
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Q: Our sales director has asked my purchasing department to get involved with the more significant tenders leaving our business. Is this something we should do and what can we bring to the process?
A defence group wants Europe to open national military deals to foreign competitors under a new code of conduct.
Mark Anderson has joined Research International to lead the company’s new global client procurement function.
Cable & Wireless has announced changes at the top of its procurement department.
Activity in the UK building industry rose for the 44th consecutive month in July, according to latest purchasing managers' index (PMI) report.
Stephen Cannon
Spiro Business Guides, £19.95
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Construction activity remains robust and optimism about the future is high, according to the September CIPS/Royal Bank of Scotland purchasing managers index (PMI).
7 March 2006, London, £396/£440
UK services companies enjoyed faster growth in March than the month before, according to the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI).