Zurich Financial Services has cut 50 per cent off its domestic air spend during a three-month online trial.
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The value of contracts outsourced to low-cost countries is set to almost double over the next three years, according to a survey of procurement professionals in Europe and the US.
Small businesses could become more competitive as a result of Gordon Brown’s budget commitment to reduce regulatory inspections and bureaucracy.
Procurement has begun for the construction of the first major projects of the proposed 2012 London Olympics.
Almost 90 per cent of businesses believe the government will miss its three-year, £21.5 billion efficiency target, according to a member survey by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
British Airways has cut its European public relations spend by 25 per cent after holding an e-auction.
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The government is urging local authority buyers to help small firms to use e-procurement after a report revealed half a million jobs in England may be at risk.
General Motors is to ask its suppliers to source more of their supply from low-cost countries.
US procurement software firms TradeCard, Ariba and Xign have been ranked as the top three suppliers of electronic invoicing systems, according to analysis by Forrester Research.