Purchasers are pivotal in the fight against price-fixing and bid-rigging and should speak out, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has urged.
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Purchasers in the retail and food sectors can reduce the volume of returned and out-of-stock items with a new catalogue management system, GS1 UK Data Pool.
15-16 November 2005
Kensington Close Hotel, London
Rail companies have to increase the number of ways customers can book tickets if they are to get more businesspeople on board, according to the chief executive officer of Eurostar.
Local authority purchasers have raised concerns over the extent to which plans to improve service delivery will challenge their operational autonomy.
Sourcing by UK companies of goods and services from low-cost countries will increase by 70 per cent and 64 per cent respectively over the next five years, according to a new study.
Large business postal users will be reimbursed for some of the extra costs incurred when changes to mail pricing come into force in September 2006.
Schools are not getting value for money for their yearly £180 million spend on administration systems, according to a government agency.
Ramside Hall Hotel and Golf Club, Durham, 15-16 November 2005
10 May, £396/£440