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The construction cost of the Scottish parliament building at Holyrood is likely to reach nearly five times the original estimate. A cross-party body is seeking parliamentary approval to raise the ceiling price to £234 million from its current £195 million. It blames inflation and measures necessary to minimise design risks for the rise.
Rail maintenance and facilities management group Jarvis is making slow progress in negotiating contracts to run London Underground lines, according to Paris Moayedi, its chief executive. Moayedi said the company was facing serious obstacles on a daily basis, despite being the preferred bidder for management of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.
Marks & Spencer has stopped selling products containing Indian leather in response to reports that cattle are routinely abused in the country. In a statement to pressure group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), M&S said its buyers were looking to ensure that jackets and shoes purchased contained only leather from non-Indian sources.
The Ministry of Defence’s purchasing record has been attacked by the House of Commons public account committee. In a report, David Davis, the committee’s chairman, called the MoD’s performance “abysmal”, citing delays in its weapons systems by an average of three and a half years and over-runs of £3 billion.
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Food giant Heinz is to source more than $500 million in goods and services through an agreement with its e-sourcing solutions provider FreeMarkets. Scott Allen, Heinz’s chief procurement officer, said the deal demonstrates that e-sourcing now forms a core part of its procurement operations.