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More than 50 per cent of travel managers have never used the Internet to make travel arrangements, and those who did favoured it for leisure, according to new research.
It is only a matter of time before companies are forced to face up to ethical issues, insists Alaric Marsden
Don’t expect much from the often market-blind banks when it comes to e-procurement, argues Peter Parry


Supply chains in the worldwide clothing and footwear industry are becoming more integrated, according to a new survey. Enterprise management software specialists JBA says that more than half of the 270 US and Europe-based suppliers that responded expected to become more involved in managing their customers’ ranges.


Is logistics sexy? Yes, said PR consultant Sue Finnegan, and logisticians should flaunt their wares more often. Delegates felt that their lack of an identifiable image hindered attempts to attract graduates. Finnegan suggested that there must be a determined effort to have logisticians portrayed in the media as problem-solvers.
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American purchasing directors are twice as likely as their European counterparts to use an intranet website to communicate with their internal customers, according to a survey of conference delegates in the UK and the US.


The government has appointed Derek Higgs, chairman of Prudential Portfolio Managers, chairman of its privatised private finance initiative task force, Partnerships UK. Adrian Montague, chief executive of the PFI task force, will be deputy chairman.


Company cars account for more than half of all new UK car registrations, well above the European average, a survey by Datamonitor has revealed. It found that fierce competition among car manufacturers had resulted in increased discounts to the fleet sector and that outright purchase, and finance and operational leasing were the most popular company car acquisition methods in Europe.


Mobile telephone operators able to develop strongly branded Internet portal sites, which provide directories and make it easy for customers to access other websites, are likely to emerge as winners in the battle to dominate the mobile e-commerce market, according to a study by Cambridge-based consultancy Analysys.
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