23-26 July 2002
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A long-awaited e-marketplace for local government has signed up its first two clients.
Electricity buyers’ anger rose this week with claims that the collapse of key power supplier Independent Energy UK was prompting unfair price increases.
British American Tobacco is considering launching a cigarette industry online marketplace with its competitors.
The Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) is considering tapping into higher education consortia deals in a bid to save more than £300 million of non-pay procurement spend.
Pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has tripled its cost savings since implementing an e-procurement system, according to a senior company executive.
Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has launched a staff retention and recruitment initiative to overcome severe purchasing skills shortages.
Anglo-Dutch steel group Corus will begin talks this week with suppliers for pilot runs of e-marketplace BuyforMetals.com.
After successfully launching its e-procurement system for IT purchasing, Bupa plans a roll-out for medical consumables, such as gloves and syringes, to all of its 36 hospitals.
London Underground’s (LU) 100-strong procurement department could be expanded as a result of the public private partnership (PPP) that is set to reshape the capital’s creaking Tube system.