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Littlechild to join panel


Ofgem has announced that former energy regulator Stephen Littlechild is to join a new advisory panel to look at gas and electricity regulation. Littlechild was director-general of electricity regulator Offer until 1998, when current Ofgem head Callum McCarthy took over.
General Accounting Office


Public Accounts Committee


Building the perfect team
Q: What steps can I take to create as balanced a team as possible within my purchasing department?
Implementing eProcurement
15-16 January 2003 - London; 23-24 June 2003 - Birmingham
EC Procurement Directives
24 October 2002 - The Royal College of Physicians, London; 29 January 2003 - Manchester; 15 May 2003 - London; 2 October 2003 - Edinburgh
Communications - Part One
Business checklist: categories of information
Inventory Management 2002
19-20 June 2002
Sheraton Hotel, Brussels
Late payment times shorten


UK firms have got better at paying their suppliers’ bills on time, according to a survey by Grant Thornton and Business Strategies, with average payment times falling from 52 days to 46. The average for the EU as a whole is 55 days; Greece is the worst offender - suppliers there wait an average of 87 days - while the Finns generally pay bills in 26 days.
Defence procurement merger


British Aerospace Defence Systems Group is undertaking a pilot for the integration of its procurement practices with Marconi, the company with which BAe recently merged. The integration pilot pulls together previous acquisitions into the group that represents the non-aircraft part of BAe and incorporates Land and Sea Systems, Royal Ordnance and other shareholdings.
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