Robin Higgins is looking at supplier rationalisation following his appointment as procurement and contracts officer at Canterbury Christ Church University College.
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A proposed purchasing initiative for housing associations could slash the national cost of repairing Britain's social accommodation by up to £1.5 billion a year.
Adrian Griffith has joined the Borough of Telford and Wrekin as procurement manager.
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (Pasa) is set to buy more commodities using online auctions in a deal with e-auction specialists TradingPartners.
The National Audit Office has delivered a worrying report on the progress of the three London Underground public-private partnership (PPP) deals to improve the infrastructure of the Tube network.
The government's fledgling Leadership Centre for Local Government is to help councils buy training and management courses aimed at developing top-class managers.
Nine out of 10 medium-sized companies have travel and expense (T&E) policies in place but they struggle to make staff comply with them.
Two online tendering systems aim to improve the much-criticised tendering process for corporate travel procurement.
CIPS has warned that any cut in the number of public-sector purchasers could backfire on the government's savings targets.
Poor purchasing practices continue to undermine corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes and audits are ineffective, claims a new report.