The biggest rise in the CIPS purchasing managers’ index (PMI) in the past 12 months for manufacturing suggests an early turnaround in the UK economy.
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Strong public-sector investment has given new impetus to growth in the construction industry, the latest economic figures indicate.
Payment service provider DataCash has launched a corporate purchasing card processing service for remote business-to-business transactions.
28-30 October 2002
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Purchasers at Thomson Travel Group (TTG) will seek savings by working closely with their German counterparts within the Preussag Group, which bought the UK company last summer.
Firms are abandoning just-in-time practices and keeping high levels of stock, according to new research by corporate barter firm Active International.
Suppliers to Vauxhall’s Luton plant have been guaranteed future contracts with other Vauxhall or General Motors plants when it closes at the end of the year, according to the car maker.
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The London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) will this month evaluate equipment from prospective suppliers in preparation for what is believed to be higher education’s first inter-consortia PC contract.
A pioneering scheme to persuade large companies in Sheffield to increase their local buying could become a national initiative if it is successful.