The Wellcome Trust has set up its own International Air Transport Association (Iata)-accredited travel agency in an effort to cut out travel-agent costs.
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The search for a new head of procurement at the BBC has been put on hold while director-general Greg Dyke carries out a management shake-up.
The long-awaited draft reforms of the European public procurement rules will make private finance initiative (PFI) projects more complex, according to a legal expert.
Procurement departments have been urged to market themselves to their companies and not take it for granted that corporate bosses understand what it is they do.
The separation of hotel costs from other travel arrangements is rising as purchasing departments seek savings via more transparent hotel bookings, according to business travel consultants.
British banks and other major financial institutions will follow the lead of the United States, and take centre stage in guaranteeing the security of electronic transactions, a leading e-commerce specialist has predicted.
Up to £400 million in government funding to NHS acute trusts could be reallocated from richer to poorer hospitals, a National Audit Office (NAO) report has found.
Universities in England saved £42 million in 1996/97 through improved purchasing but missed out on an extra £22 million of savings, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) published today.
The UK government’s purchasing card has surpassed its £150 million throughput for low-value high-volume goods three months before the November target.
Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd, a utility boilermaker for the power industry, plans to cut its UK supplier base by two-thirds within the next two years.
David Hawkins, procurement director at MBEL, said the company is seeking to cut its 1,500 UK suppliers to fewer than 500 so-called “active” suppliers by 2001.
David Hawkins, procurement director at MBEL, said the company is seeking to cut its 1,500 UK suppliers to fewer than 500 so-called “active” suppliers by 2001.