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The NHS is to advertise its business case for a single Internet-enabled finance and e-procurement system in the Official Journal of the European Communities in late September. Responses will be due by January and the contract awarded by December next year.

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Automotive electronics supplier TRW will invest £17 million and create 150 jobs at its Birmingham factory over the next two years. The plant, which already employs 650 people, will develop five new products for car makers.

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Clothing company William Baird has lost its appeal court case against Marks & Spencer and had its claim for £53.6 million compensation rejected. The Scottish firm sued Marks & Spencer for losses and damages after the retailer dropped it as a clothing supplier in 1999 after a 30-year partnership.

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E-commerce is headed for tough times in UK businesses, but e-procurement is one of the few areas that has a quantifiable business benefit, according to Richard Barrington, director for industry at the government’s Office of the e-envoy. But he warned buyers to guard against pressure to upgrade IT systems without a business case being made first.

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BAe Systems is to lay off more than 1,000 staff at its shipyards in Govan, Scotstoun and Barrow, blaming its decision on a lack of short-term orders. BAe said the cuts were not connected to a recent government decision to award a £4.3 billion government contract to build up to 12 Type 45 destroyers for the navy to rival firm Vosper Thornycroft.