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Napp Pharmaceuticals has been fined £3.21 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for abusing a dominant market position. The company was found to have supplied sustained release morphine to patients at excessively high prices, while at the same time supplying the drug to hospitals at discount levels.


The Ministry of Defence is inviting tenders for 10,000 army trucks worth a total of £2 billion. The move follows the MoD’s decision that a private finance initiative scheme would not meet the army’s requirements and represent best value for money for the taxpayer.
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The proposed Agency Workers Directive will effectively give temporary workers the same employment rights as permanent workers. Does this spell disaster for the recruitment industry?
Q: My organisation has recently acquired a company based in France, which has a small purchasing team. I get the feeling that purchasing is at a different stage of development in France. Is this correct?
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