The first stage of a pilot project designed to make all aspects of European Union public procurement totally web-based has been launched this month by the University of Sunderland and QSP NetConsulting.
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Alf Noto, director of supply chain and purchasing at CGNU, the UK’s biggest insurance company, is to leave this week after bosses at the newly merged firm decided to split his job three ways, writes Geraint John.
The Environment Agency is reviewing its major regional framework agreements in a bid to double its use of purchasing cards.
British Airways and 10 other European airlines, including Lufthansa and Air France, are launching an online travel agency at the end of the year. The website will be managed independently and the companies will not share sensitive information, such as pricing data, in order to remain competitive.
Peter Smith, group purchasing director at NatWest, is to leave the company after new owner Royal Bank of Scotland’s decision to move the job north of the border, writes Geraint John.
The Buying Agency (TBA), an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce, will extend its e-procurement pilot scheme for low-value, high-volume goods to the whole of the public sector next month.
The progress of e-procurement in the medical sector is lagging behind other industries, according to an insider.
Purchasing professionals have welcomed the appointment of Andrew Pinder as the government’s e-envoy. But concerns about the role of the government’s ambassador responsible for promoting the take-up of electronic commerce within UK industry remain.
London businesses and borough councils are being asked to buy recycled products made from the city’s rubbish in the initial phase of a new green purchasing code.
Marks & Spencer has blamed its worst-ever slump in profits on poor buying decisions stemming from a lack of communication with its customers.
“We have been criticised for taking our eye off the ball, and we probably did,” an M&S spokesperson told SM.
“We have been criticised for taking our eye off the ball, and we probably did,” an M&S spokesperson told SM.