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Train companies are looking to cut the commission paid to travel agents in a similar move to that made by British Airways.
Colin Turner
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The UK economy can look forward to a buoyant first year of the new millennium, predicted the Sunday Telegraph’s economics editor, Bill Jamieson.
An ambitious scheme to spread CIPS’s influence among unqualified purchasers was launched at the conference. The corporate partnership programme (CPP) will provide a mixture of certification, training and networking to large companies looking to ramp up their purchasing expertise.
Construction software companies Ramesys and RCS have teamed up to offer their combined range of financial management and procurement packages. The products include Ramesys’s web portal Xchange, which links contractors with builders’ merchants.
BMW looks set to use more European suppliers for its Rover plant, which could mean cutting the number of UK suppliers. The car manufacturer, which started using euros for its supplier contracts last year, said it expected some suppliers either to transfer production from British plants to factories inside the eurozone, or to cut their links with Rover.
The minister for competitiveness has announced a £3 million investment to encourage UK civil aircraft manufacturers and suppliers to develop environmentally friendly technology.
The supply chain manager for a major US electronics manufacturer has warned firms to “go slow” when introducing IT communications solutions, writes Elizabeth Bellamy.