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Rises in new orders at home and abroad helped the UK manufacturing sector to enjoy stronger growth in October amid soaring input price inflation, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI).
Purchasing directors’ salaries were 6.3 percent lower in the fourth quarter of 2004 than a year earlier, according to the latest salary survey by recruitment consultant Purcon.
More than a quarter of UK services companies said activity had risen in April, according to the latest PMI figures, as they battled with rising input prices.
Procurement departments are the second most likely target for company fraudsters, a report by financial investigators KPMG Forensic has revealed.
Brian Ulliott has been appointed national purchasing manager for the Leonard Cheshire Foundation, a national charity for the disabled.
7 October 2004
Renaissance London Heathrow
23-24 September 2004
Glamorgan Business Centre
University of Glamorgan
Higher education purchasers in England are still under pressure to cut costs despite a low efficiency savings target.
A legal expert has slammed UK firms for their complacent attitude towards European Union governments unfairly favouring their national suppliers.