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The shakeout of business-to-business will hit industry-led exchanges, predicted Joe Laughlin, chief executive of retail marketplace GlobalNetXchange. The main problems would come when they need additional funding, he said.


E-business standards consortium RosettaNet is targeting small and medium-sized firms with an affordable tailored standards initiative. The Basics Milestone programme aims to link firms with RosettaNet solution providers and trading partners. www.rosettanet.org
Canada beckons as the first leg of a 29,000-mile global bicycle tour for two interim purchasing managers.

Caroline Barrett and her partner David Artindale, who have been working at Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, left the UK last week on a year-long trip.


Ken Livingstone, London mayor, is on a legal collision course with the government over plans to use a public-private partnership (PPP) for London Underground.


If you are a director over 45 you are more likely to believe e-commerce and IT are not the most critical issues facing the company, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Alex Birch et al Capstone, £15
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