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UK firms increase spend


UK businesses will spend 74 per cent more on e-commerce this year than in 2000, according to a survey conducted for Computer Weekly magazine. It predicted that e-commerce spending is heading towards £4 billion or 6 per cent of total IT spend after more than doubling in 2000. The report predicts that businesses with fewer than 5,000 employees will double spending this year.
Birmingham City Council


Suppliers’ fury at bill


IT supplier groups in the US are up in arms over a proposed law that would annul their outsourcing contracts with government bodies if cost-savings targets are not met.
Branson lottery bid hit


Sir Richard Branson’s People’s Lottery bid is facing problems with its technology partner, Automated Wagering International (AWI), as it tries to persuade the lottery regulator that it can take over from Camelot in October 2001. AWI faces similar legal and technical questions to Camelot’s partner, GTech, and has been criticised in the US over its failure to deliver software.
The Tools of Leadership
Max Landsberg HarperCollins Business, £14.99 Rating: 5/5
US e-procurement rising


Online purchasing at large organisations in the US is increasing, according to quarterly figures from the Institute for Supply Management and Forrester Research. In the fourth quarter of 2001, companies bought 9.5 per cent of indirect materials and 7.1 per cent of direct materials on the net.
Eurest Support Services


Hub merger raises alarm
In the wake of Ford and General Motor's decision to merge their fledgling supply chain portals, Elizabeth Bellamy asks: what happened to competitive advantage?
EC proposals fall short


The European Commission has proposed that all European Union countries must recycle 55-70 per cent of their packaging by 2006. But the commission’s recommendations carry no legal compulsion for firms to be responsible for the recycling of the packaging they produce.
The Eddie Stobart Story
Hunter Davies HarperCollins, £14.99 Rating: 4/5
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