The days of taking advantage of cheap labour and outsourcing in China are numbered and companies need to look at other countries, according to a professor of economics.

Manchester-based management consultancy JMCL has appointed John Malone to focus on print procurement and document management.

Marc Heeley has been appointed purchasing manager at the Football Association. He joins the London-based organisation after two-and-a-half years as a sourcing specialist at Prudential.

The head of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has called on purchasers, marketers and advertising agencies to form a think-tank to discuss how they can get better value from their relationships.