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BT cleared on leased line prices


An Oftel investigation has found that developing competition is reducing BT’s prices for leased lines to business customers on the higher bandwidth circuits. Leased lines are typically used to transmit data about financial transactions. The investigation was launched after complaints from large business users that UK prices were much higher than those in the USA and Europe.
Buyers last in job growth survey
Employment growth in purchasing is slower than in any other sector, according to the latest quarterly Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI).
CBI appoints e-business champion
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has appointed an e-business champion to encourage the development of e-commerce in Britain.
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3i expands purchasing department
Venture capital company 3i is to expand its Birmingham procurement division as it seeks savings through centralised purchasing and more global contracts.
EU law ‘must support SME tenders’
European law should give small and medium-sized enterprises a chance to prove their business cases by making members of purchasing consortia tender individually before larger deals take place, a European Parliament sub-committee has heard.
Designing the Global Corporation
Jay Galbraith Jossey-Bass, £25.50 Rating: 4/5
Cash delays are bad for business
Purchasers find themselves stuck in the middle of tussles between suppliers and their own finance departments over late payments, writes David Arminas
Online auctions take off for KLM
Dutch airline KLM has embarked on three-month project to identify areas for electronic procurement after three test online auctions gained savings of around 30 per cent.
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