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A realistic timetable is vital when implementing a new procurement system, warns Kevin Fane-Saunders, or the promised benefits may disappear
Santa may fail to deliver the required number of Playstation 2 units this Christmas, as higher than expected demand in the US and Japan will adversely affect UK stocks. Around 165,000 of the games console, launched in Europe last week, will be available. The company was hoping to import 200,000. Sony has had problems with its component suppliers not delivering enough units.
Luxury sleeper carriages worth £120 million that were ordered by British Rail but never used have been sold to VIA Rail of Canada. The 139 carriages, many with air conditioning and showers, were purchased from manufacturer GEC Alsthom in 1992.
A leading academic has criticised Welsh small and medium-sized enterprises as “too inward-looking and uncreative”.
Global IT spend will fall over the next five years despite its continued growth in Europe this year, according to a survey by investment bank Merrill Lynch.