Britain is the best place in Europe to do e-business, according to a survey for delivery firm UPS.
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Britain is the best place in Europe to do e-business, according to a survey for delivery firm UPS.
The UK’s 440 further education colleges are set to have an e-procurement platform in June. FE Online will be launched by e-Government Solutions, which estimates that £1 billion of colleges’ £1.5 billion non-pay purchasing spend is “e-procurable”. Savings of up to 30 per cent are envisaged.
Virgin is looking to launch a corporate jet service for business passengers. Scheduled for next year, the service could offer passengers similar treatment to Virgin’s Upper Class cabin with transatlantic fares in the region of £3,000-£4,000.
Welsh local authorities are positive about the changes brought by enacting “best value” as a method of procurement, according to an Audit Commission report and a survey by opinion pollsters Mori. However, the councils admitted that collecting, collating and presenting performance information had been difficult.
The UK management consultancy market grew by more than 20 per cent last year, accounting for a quarter of the European market, according to the European Federation of Management Consulting Associations. Across Europe, IT consulting remains the biggest earner with 40 per cent of income, while corporate strategy services reported the highest growth with an increase of 20 per cent.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may charge Railtrack and contractor Balfour Beatty with corporate manslaughter over the Hatfield rail crash.
Company directors and employees operating cartels could face up to five years in prison, under new government competition proposals. The white paper from Patricia Hewitt, the trade and industry secretary, states that criminal sanctions would be applied where companies and employees engage in price-fixing, market-sharing and bid-rigging cartels.
Cranfield School of Management is to host a free online supply chain management conference later this year. Running for two weeks from November 12, SupplyChain Knowledge 2001 will include more than 100 presentations from industry professionals, discussion forums and a virtual exhibition hall. It will be online at www.sck2001.com
Private finance initiatives (PFIs) could be dropped if protests against them grow, said John Gains, chief executive of building firm John Mowlem. He warned last week that attacking pfis had become a “dangerous national sport” which could be “disastrous” for the country. Mowlem is engaged in a range of PFI schemes, including the building and management of South Tees Acute Hospital.