Expansion into support services, other than catering, helped the contract catering industry to boost its turnover by £400 million in 1998 to £2.6 billion, according to a survey published last week.
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BBC1, Sunday 16 October
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Manufacturing has come a long way since Ford and his automotive production line at the beginning of the century. As we move into the 2000s, the market is becoming increasingly complex to meet the demands of customers who want more choice at the same or lower prices. One answer is mass customisation, which companies such as Levi Strauss are already doing, but this only adds complexity.
The biggest benefit of electronic marketplaces will be in enabling better collaboration between firms, according to the boss of a leading industry exchange.
The government’s announcement of the biggest programme of road-building since Labour came to power in 1997 has been slammed as “another nail in rail freight’s coffin” by the Freight Transport Association.
Posting and tendering for public-sector contracts is to be made easier with the planned introduction of an updated common procurement vocabulary (CPV).
Supply team integration will be a top priority for the construction industry’s Strategic Forum, which first met this month.
Legislation giving small firms the right to charge interest to companies for not paying bills within 30 days has failed to reduce the average time taken for debtors to pay up.
New guidelines to help local authorities and central civil government purchasers meet procurement targets have been published by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
Purchasers need still to be on their guard about over estimating potential results when developing an e-procurement strategy.