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Scotland gets e-commerce aid_3


E-commerce industry group e centre UK has set up a Scottish legal advisory service. Roger Till, e centre’s executive director, said he hoped that the Scottish Legal Group, which was launched last month, would be a success in lobbying politicians in the UK and Europe.
Reliable supply is best cure_3
First-rate purchasing in the NHS is vital, but it shouldn’t be a board-level issue, argues Professor Brian Edwards
Parallel Traders Association_3


Engineers quizzed on service_3


Most engineering companies have a customer service policy, but 82 per cent believe their sector trails behind other sectors in this area, according to a recent survey.
Car supplier numbers to fall_3


The number of global automotive suppliers will fall sharply over the next eight years as car manufacturers source their parts from fewer and larger firms, according to the industry’s European trade body. The European Association of Automotive Suppliers (Clepa) has predicted that supplier numbers will drop from 2,000 to just 150 by 2008.
Farmers fume at sales scheme_3


The National Farmers’ Union is to report food retailer Safeway to the Competition Commission over its request that suppliers share the costs of a sales campaign. Safeway sent letters to 300 of its key suppliers last month asking them for a one-off £20,000 for each of their product lines they wished to be included in a drive to guarantee customers full availability.
Partnerships takes PFI stake_3


Partnerships UK (PUK), which is to emerge from the privatisation of the Treasury’s private finance initiative (PFI) task force, will handle a third of all future PFI deals.
Total Productive Maintenance_3
Professor Daniel Jones, director of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre at Cardiff Business School and co-author of the influential The Machine that Changed the World and Lean Thinking, has written a persuasive foreword to this book.
Croner’s Electronic Commerce_3
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Ministry aims to buy locally_3


The Ministry of Defence has announced that food for the armed forces will be sourced in the UK wherever possible. The MoD’s food contractor buys 1,000 of the forces’ 1,300 food items from UK companies. Stocks of beef are so low in the UK that some must be sourced abroad, but the MoD and farming representatives are working to maximise the amount from the UK.
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